1840 Ewer archive: B8400001 |
author name: Louis Huart and Charles Philippon, edit. text title: "Daguerre" publication title: Galerie de la Presse, de la Littérature et des Beaux-Arts notes: Included in the volume is this biographical text of Daguerre, accompanied by a full-page lithograph portrait. (Original French language text.) keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre |
4 January 1840 Feuilleton du Journal de la Librairie (Paris) Ewer archive: P8400014 |
text title: "Décisions Judiciaires en Matière de Librairie" notes: A summary of a lawsuit brought by Giraldon against Alphonse Giroux regarding the issuance of Daguerre’s instructional manual. keywords: Giraldon, Alphonse Giroux, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre |
15 January 1840 Alexander’s Weekly Messenger (Philadelphia) Ewer archive: P8400008 |
author name: Edgar Allan Poe text title: "The Daguerreotype" notes: A description of the new art, marveling at its "supremeness of its perfection." keywords: Edgar Allan Poe |
February 1840 Knickerbocker (New York) Ewer archive: P8400010 |
text title: "The Daguerreotype" notes: A very brief article regarding Gouraud's exhibition of daguerreotypes and lectures in New York. keywords: François Gouraud, François Fauvel-Gouraud, Francois Gouraud, Francis Fauvel-Gouraud |
8 February 1840 Albion (New York) Ewer archive: N8400001 |
text title: "Daguerreotype" notes: A notice by François Gouraud regarding his soon-closing lectures and exhibition in New York. keywords: François Gouraud, François Fauvel-Gouraud, Francois Gouraud, Francis Fauvel-Gouraud |
26 February 1840 (manuscript transcription) Ewer archive: M8400001 |
author name: Thomas Cole notes: A few comments by this american artist regarding the daguerreotype. keywords: Thomas Cole, William Althorpe Adams |
March 1840 Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal Ewer archive: P8400011 |
author name: Andrew Fyfe text title: "On Daguerreotype" notes: A technical discussion of the daguerreotype. keywords: Andrew Fyfe |
March 1840 Southern Literary Messenger Ewer archive: P8400007 |
author name: Nugator (St. Leger Landon Carter) text title: "Pictures by the Sun" notes: Perhaps the first use of the daguerreotype as a metaphor in American prose. keywords: St. Leger Landon Carter, Nugator |
4 March 1840 (manuscript) Ewer archive: S8400002 |
author name: François Fauvel Gouraud notes: The invitation issued by François Gouraud for a private showing in Boston of the daguerreotypes brought with him from France. keywords: François Gouraud, François Fauvel-Gouraud, Francois Gouraud, Francis Fauvel-Gouraud, Lemuel Shaw, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Daniel Treadwell, Edward Everett |
9 March 1840 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington, D.C.) Ewer archive: N8400003 |
notes: A notice of exhibition of daguerreotypes and lectures explaining the process. keywords: David G. Seixas |
17 March 1840 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington, D.C.) Ewer archive: N8400004 |
text title: "Daguerreotype" notes: A notice (dated 14 March 1840) discussing the daguerreotypes and lectures of Seixas. keywords: David G. Seixas |
26 March 1840 Boston Daily Advertiser and Patriot Ewer archive: N8400002 |
author name: François Gouraud text title: "Manner of Making Portraits by the Daguerreotype" notes: An important article by François Gouraud providing some historical background and his methods of daguerreian portraiture. This text was subsequently incorporated in his pamphlet manual. (See F8400001) keywords: François Gouraud, François Jean-Baptiste Fauvel-Gouraud, Francois Gouraud, Francis Fauvel-Gouraud |
1840 (after March 26) Ewer archive: F8400001 |
author name: Françcois Fauvel-Gouraud title: Description of the Daguerreotype Process, or a Summary of M. Gouraud’s Public Lectures, according to the Principles of M. Daguerreotype. With a Description of a Provisory Method for Taking Human Portraits notes: Perhaps the first stand-alone manual published in America. The historical narrative regarding daguerreian portraiture is especially informative. keywords: François Gouraud, François Jean-Baptiste Fauvel-Gouraud, Francois Gouraud, Francis Fauvel-Gouraud |
April 1840 Godey's Lady's Magazine Ewer archive: P8400002 |
notes: a brief notice regarding the excellence of the daguereotypes being made by Robert Cornelius, and a reference to something of his personal life. keywords: Robert Cornelius, François Gouraud, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre |
11 April 1840 (manuscript) Ewer archive: S8400001 |
author name: George Fuller notes: A letter from George Fuller to his father, Aaron Fuller, in which he discusses the purchased of apparatus from François Gouraud with a view to starting a daguerreotype portrait business. keywords: George Fuller, François Gouraud |
24 April 1840 (published 1864) Ewer archive: B8640002 |
author name: Samuel F. B. Morse (in title published by Marcus Root) book title: The Camera and The Pencil notes: Root provides an extract of a speech by Samuel F. B. Morse at the National Academy of Design, 24 April 1840. keywords: Samuel F. B. Morse |
July 1840 American Repertory (New York) Ewer archive: P8400013 |
author name: John W. Draper text title: "Remarks on the Daguerreotype" notes: A paper by John W. Draper describing various experiments and observations of the of daguerreotype process. keywords: John William Draper |
22 August 1840 Literary Gazette (London) Ewer archive: P8400005 |
notes: A brief text regarding Hippolyte Fizeau and his use of gold chloride to strengthen and tone the daguerreotype image. keywords: Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau, gold chloride, chlorure of gold |
22 August 1840 Literary Gazette (London) Ewer archive: P8400005 |
notes: A brief text regarding Hippolyte Fizeau and his use of gold chloride to strengthen and tone the daguerreotype image. keywords: Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau, gold chloride, chlorure of gold |
September 1840 Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science Ewer archive: P8400001 |
author name: John W. Draper text title: "On the Process of Daguerreotype, and its application to taking Portraits from the Life" notes: A detailed account of Draper's experiments, findings, processes, and his methods of taking portraits. keywords: John William Draper, Alexander S. Wolcott, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, John Herschel, John T. Towson |
5 September 1840 Literary Gazette (London) Ewer archive: P8400006 |
notes: A text of some length describing Berres' success in modifying a daguerreotype for use as a printing plate. keywords: Joseph Berres, Alfred Donné |
7 November 1840 New-York Mirror Ewer archive: P8400003 |
text title: "Drawing and the Daguerréotype" notes: A brief notice of Madame Guillet's use of daguerreotypes as the basis for painted portrait miniatures. keywords: Madame Guillet |
12 December 1840 Literary Gazette (London) Ewer archive: P8400004 |
author name: John F. Goddard text title: "Valuable Improvement in Daguerréotype" notes: The first published account of the use of bromine to accelerate the sensitivity of the daguerreotype plate. keywords: John F. Goddard, bromine of iodine, bromine |
15 December 1840 Art-Union (London) Ewer archive: P8400015 |
author name: "An Amateur" text title: "The Daguerreotype" notes: An informative account of an amateur's experience with the daguerreotype process. keywords: “An Amateur”, Alfred Donné |