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 THE DAGUERREOTYPE: AN ARCHIVE OF SOURCE TEXTS, GRAPHICS, AND EPHEMERA


  The research archive of Gary W. Ewer regarding the history of the daguerreotype

TEXTS FROM 1841
19 February 1841
(manuscript)
Ewer archive: S8410002
author name: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre
notes: A manuscript letter from L. J. M. Daguerre to Robert Hunt touching upon Daguerre's "new process."
keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Robert Hunt
May 1841
Chemist (London)
Ewer archive: P8410001
author name: John F. Goddard
text title: "Application of the Daguerreotype to the Taking of Likenesses from the Life"
notes: An address given by Goddard at the Royal Institute concerning the modifications to the daguerreotype process enabling the taking of portraits.
keywords: John F. Goddard, Richard Beard, Alexander Wolcott, John Johnson
May 1841
Times (London)
Ewer archive: N8410001
text title: "The Photographic or Daguerreotype Miniatures"
notes: A review of the opening of Richard Beard's first studio constructed atop the Royal Polytechnic Institute.
keywords: Richard Beard, Alexander Wolcott
10 May 1841
(manuscript)
Ewer archive: S8410003
author name: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre
notes: A manuscript letter from L. J. M. Daguerre to an unknown recipient touching upon Daguerre's "new process."
keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre
3 July 1841
New-York Spectator
Ewer archive: N8410002
text title: "The Daguerreotype"
notes: Comments about Francois Gouraud. Gouraud sends to the editor "four large and admirable daguerreotype views of the Falls of Niagara."
keywords: Francois Gouraud, François Gouraud, François Fauvel-Gouraud, Francis Fauvel-Gouraud, Falls of Niagara
late 1841 or early 1842
(manuscript)
Ewer archive: S8410001
author name: Samuel F. B. Morse
notes: A manuscript letter from Samuel F. B. Morse to Jonas M. Edwards in response to an inquiry by Edwards regarding developments in the daguerreotype process.
keywords: Samuel F. B. Morse, Jonas M. Edwards, Mr. Young