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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 1846
6 February 1846
Christian Watchman
Ewer archive: P8460004
text title: "The Daguerreotype"
notes: An editorial "puff" for the partnership of Robert H. Vance and John A. Lerow.
keywords: Robert H. Vance, John A. Lerow, 91 Washington Street
15 May 1846
Christian Watchman
Ewer archive: P8460003
text title: "Picture Pausings, No. III: The Daguerreotype"
notes: Commentary on the development of the daguerreotype; also facetious comments about certain types of portraits.
keywords: Bruno
2 July 1846
National Police Gazette
Ewer archive: P8460001
text title: "Naked Daguerreotypes"
notes: A notice of the arrest of A. W. Van Alstin for the taking and selling of daguerreotypes of nude females.
keywords: Andrew Wemple Van Alstin
2 July 1846
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Ewer archive: N8460001
author name: Walt Whitman (attributed)
text title: "A Visit to Plumbe's Gallery"
notes: A very descriptive account of Plumbe's gallery on Broadway, New York.
keywords: Walt Whitman, John Plumbe, Jr.
21 November 1846
People's Journal (London)
Ewer archive: P8460002
author name: Andrew Winter
text title: "The Pencil of Nature"
notes: Comments about the daguerreotype, portraiture, use of the photograph for artists, and a description of the Talbotype process.
keywords: Andrew Winter, William Henry Fox Talbot, Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, Richard Beard, Talbotype