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| Keywords: Daguerreotype - Google Art Project.jpg commons date commons medium commons dimensions commons institution commons location commons references commons object_history commons exhibition_history commons credit_line commons inscriptions commons notes commons accession_number commons source commons permission commons other_versions commons zoom core title Daguerreotype core creator Unknown core date dateCreated 1850 core type Photo core relation http //www digitaltmuseum se/things/dagerrotyp-daguerreotyp-i-ram-gruppbild-av/S-NM/NMA 0052744 core rights Reprographer Mats Landin c-09caf48a customtext more_information The daguerreotype was the first commercially successful photographic method and was launched by Louis Daguerre and Nicéphore Niepce in 1839 It was popular until the 1860s when it was superseded by procedures that were less complex and costly The technique was based on a direct positive exposure on a silver-coated copper plate The image could not be duplicated and was only visible if viewed from an angle Exposure times were long although they grew shorter as camera technology improved The plate was very sensitive to touch and it was therefore necessary to preserve daguerreotypes under glass in either a case or frame The mercury fumes to which the photographer was exposed during developing could at worst cause brain and nerve damage Despite the obvious drawbacks daguerreotypes if the conditions were right could reproduce details with a clarity and richness that subsequent techniques could not achieve Even today after more than 170 years there are enthusiasts producing daguerreotypes using only slightly modified methods This daguerreotype was acquired in 1938 Its provenance is unknown but it is likely to be of foreign origin c-09caf48a customtext subject Portrait Group portrait Portrait of children google display_date 1850 google is_artproject TRUE google is_gigapixel FALSE google is_secured TRUE google partner/id 0000000009caf48a google partner/name Nordiska Museet google picasa_token TK1O7EbUJIqxA5rHq1KI-OkUTkE special url_id JgFxt7Y9l-8k9g special partner/name_no_lang Nordiska Museet PD-old-70-1923 Google Art Project works by unknown artist Google Art Project works in Nordiska Museet Groups of children | ||||
