The Early American Daguerreotype: Cross-Currents in Art and Technology

by Sarah Kate Gillespie

The American daguerreotype as something completely new: a mechanical invention that produced an image, a hybrid of fine art and science and technology.

The daguerreotype, invented in France, came to America in 1839. By 1851, this early photographic method had been improved by American daguerreotypists to such a degree that it was often referred to as "the American process." The daguerreotype--now perhaps mostly associated with stiffly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262034107
• ISBN13: 9780262034104
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher