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PEOPLE  (portraits, in alphabetical order)

Individuals significant to the history of the daguerreotype are provided within this section. Also provided are various portraits which are based on daguerreotypes.

Two documents are provided for each entry: a pdf-format document with full notes, and an auxiliary document providing a high-quality jpg-format file.

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Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre name: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre
notes: Inventor of the daguerreotype
keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre
Ewer archive: B8400001 (full notes) / auxiliary file: jpg graphic (basic notes)
Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre name: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre
notes: Inventor of the daguerreotype
keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre
Ewer archive: M8390002 (full notes) / auxiliary file: jpg graphic (basic notes)
Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre name: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre
notes: Inventor of the daguerreotype
keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Charles R. Meade
Ewer archive: P8510005 (full notes) / auxiliary file: jpg graphic (basic notes)
Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre name: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre
notes: Inventor of the daguerreotype. This wood-engraving is a variant of the Norr drawing.
keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Charles R. Meade
Ewer archive: P8520003 (full notes) / auxiliary file: jpg graphic (basic notes)
Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre name: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre
notes: Inventor of the daguerreotype
keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Charles R. Meade
Ewer archive: P8530005 (full notes) / auxiliary file: jpg graphic (basic notes)
Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre name: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre
notes: Inventor of the daguerreotype
keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Charles R. Meade
Ewer archive: P8580003 (full notes) / auxiliary file: JPG-format (basic notes)
Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre name: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre
notes: Inventor of the daguerreotype
keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Charles R. Meade
Ewer archive: P8510007 (full notes) / auxiliary file: jpg graphic (basic notes)
Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre name: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre
notes: Inventor of the daguerreotype
keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Charles R. Meade
Ewer archive: B8560001 (full notes) / auxiliary file: jpg graphic (basic notes)
John William Draper name: John William Draper
notes: A portrait of Draper engraved by John Sartain.
keywords: John William Draper, Samuel F. B. Morse, Mathew B. Brady
Ewer archive: P8590005 (full notes) / auxiliary file: jpg graphic (basic notes)
John H. Fitzgibbon name: John H. Fitzgibbon
notes: A brief biography of the St. Louis daguerreotypist, John H. Fitzgibbon
keywords: John H. Fitzgibbon
Ewer archive: P8570002 (full notes) / auxiliary file: jpg graphic (basic notes)
François Gouraud / Frances Fauvel-Gouraud name: Françcois Gouraud / Frances Fauvel-Gouraud
notes: Arriving in the US in late 1839, Gouraud was influential in the early dissemination of the daguerreotype process
keywords: François Gouraud, François Jean-Baptiste Fauvel-Gouraud, Francis Fauvel-Gouraud, Phreno-Mnemotechny
Ewer archive: G8440001 (full notes) / auxiliary file: jpg graphic (basic notes)
François Gouraud / Frances Fauvel-Gouraud name: Françcois Gouraud / Frances Fauvel-Gouraud
notes: Arriving in the US in late 1839, Gouraud was influential in the early dissemination of the daguerreotype process
keywords: François Gouraud, François Jean-Baptiste Fauvel-Gouraud, Francis Fauvel-Gouraud, Phreno-Mnemotechnic Dictionary, Phreno-Mnemotechny
Ewer archive: G8440002 (full notes) / auxiliary file: jpg graphic (basic notes)
Rebecca S. Nichols, daguerreotype by Hawkins name: Rebecca S. Nichols
notes: The portrait, engraved by John Sartain from a daguerreotype by E. C. Hawkins, is the frontispiece portrait to a book of poetry by Nichols. Included in the volume is the poem, "The Daguerreotype," which is dedicated to the daguerreotypist, E. C. Hawkins.
keywords: Rebecca S. Nichols, Ezekiel C. Hawkins
Ewer archive: B8510002 (full notes) / auxiliary file: jpg graphic (basic notes)
Jeremiah Gurney name: Jeremiah Gurney
notes: A brief sketch of the New York daguerreotypist, Jeremiah Gurney.
keywords: Jeremiah Gurney, 707 Broadway
Ewer archive: P8590005 (full notes) / auxiliary file: jpg graphic (basic notes)
Daniel Webster, daguerreotype by Richards name: Daniel Webster
notes: A portrait of Webster by Frederick DeBourg Richards with an account of the sitting.
keywords: Frederick DeBourg Richards, Daniel Webster
Ewer archive: P8590005 (full notes) / auxiliary file: jpg graphic (basic notes)