A new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery traces three different 1800s forms of photo-making: daguerreotypes, ...

Up until now, only two daguerreotypes of Chopin were known about, made between 1840 and 1845, both of them lost during World War II. Most likely, these were also created by Bisson – the owner of one ...

He had filed for divorce in 1848, contending that she had "willfully, maliciously, and without due cause, deserted him on September 11, 1845." Kemble, who had in fact been driven away by Butler ...

Daguerreotype of James Fitzjames, taken by Richard Beard in May 1845. Photo courtesy of Sotheby’s. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted ...

In 1839, Samuel Morse was in Paris to obtain a patent for the electro-magnetic telegraph he had developed in America, when he caught wind of another scientific wonder of the age: the daguerreotype.

On May 19, 1845, Franklin set out with two ships and ... in today’s money as a reward. “These are the daguerreotypes from which the engravings that were shown in the Illustrated London News ...

A daguerreotype of Lieutenant James Fitzjames ... shortly before the Northwest Passage expedition’s departure on 19 May 1845. Credit: Wikimedia Commons As far back as the 1850’s, search ...

24 in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. Daguerreotype of James Fitzjames, taken by Richard Beard in May 1845. Part of the expedition's history is known thanks to Fitzjames ...

The circa 1846 daguerreotype was purchased for $456,000 at auction in June, and it depicts Madison in her later years, at some point in her 70s. Madison, who was the wife of James Madison ...