| Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre Postage stamp showing Daguerre, Grenada n.d. Postage stamp Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada LL/35417 The clothes are accurate, but Daguerre looks more like a native of this Caribbean Island than the inventor of photography as we know him.
This illustration was included in the lecture "The many faces of Daguerre" presented by Matt Isenburg at the Daguerreian Society Symposium (2009).
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