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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

DAGUERREOTYPES

While the focus of this site is source material, a few select daguerreotypes are provided within this section.

Two documents are provided for each entry: a pdf-format document with full notes, and supplemental graphic file providing a good-quality jpg-format file.

L. A. Hine name: Lucius Alonzo Hine
notes: Hine was an author, editor, and social reformer residing in Cincinnati
keywords: L. A. Hine, Lucius Alonzo Hine
Ewer archive: D0000001 (full notes) /  supplemental graphic file (basic notes)
Family of Four (an Easter portrait?) title: Family of Four (an Easter portrait?)
notes: One child holds a stuffed bunny, the other a woven basket
Ewer archive: D0000003 (full notes) /  supplemental graphic file (basic notes)
Horn player title: Horn player
notes: man holding a horn instrument
Ewer archive: D0000002 (full notes) /  supplemental graphic file (basic notes)
Smiling Woman, by Samuel Root title: Smiling Woman
notes: quarter plate daguerreotype by Samuel Root
Ewer archive: D0000004 (full notes) /  supplemental graphic file (basic notes)
Edwin Forrest title: Edwin Forrest, copy of 1845 daguerreotype
notes: Cabinet card photograph by James Landy of an 1845 daguerreotype (original daguerreotypist unknown).
Ewer archive: D0000005 (full notes) /  supplemental graphic file (basic notes)
Catharine Sinclair Forrest title: Catharine Sinclair Forrest, copy of 1845 daguerreotype
notes: Cabinet card photograph by James Landy of an 1845 daguerreotype (original daguerreotypist unknown).
Ewer archive: D0000006 (full notes) /  supplemental graphic file (basic notes)