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In Focus: Daguerreotypes

November 3 – March 20, 2016

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Daguerreotypy is considered the earliest form of photography, in which a direct-positive photographic image is fixed on a silver-coated metal plate. These images represent the height of the medium's popularity, spanning the two decades following its public introduction in 1839.

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Portrait of Young Girl with a Guitar, ca. 1850

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Portrait of a Girl Holding a Doll, ca. 1845

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Portrait of a Family, ca. 1850

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Portrait of a Young Man in a Top Hat, ca. 1850

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe, late May, early June, 1849

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Portrait of Zachary Taylor, 1847

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Thomas Richard Williams

The Sands of Time, 1850-1852

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Charles Richard Meade

Portrait of Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, 1848

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Théodore Maurisset

La Daguerreotypomanie (Daguerreotypomania), December 1839

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

William Langenheim

Portrait of Frederick Langenheim, ca. 1848

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Portrait of a Woman, May 1844

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Portrait of an Unidentified Daguerreotypist Displaying a Selection of Daguerreotypes, 1845

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Nude Woman in Photographer's Studio, ca. 1850

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Portrait of a Nurse and a Child, ca. 1850

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Chinese Woman with a Mandolin, 1860

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey

Facade and North Colonnade of the Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens, 1842

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

James P. Weston

Portrait of an Asian Man in Top Hat, ca. 1856

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Dr. Hugo Stangenwald

Portrait of Queen Kalama of Hawaii, 1853-1854

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Postmortem of a Child, ca. 1852

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Horatio B. King

Seth Eastman at Dighton Rock, July 7th-1853

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Alphonse-Louis Poitevin

The Pantheon, Paris, 1842

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

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Charles Richard Meade

Dr. Hugo Stangenwald

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Portrait of Young Girl with a Guitar, ca. 1850

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Portrait of a Girl Holding a Doll, ca. 1845

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Portrait of a Family, ca. 1850

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Portrait of a Young Man in a Top Hat, ca. 1850

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe, late May, early June, 1849

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Portrait of Zachary Taylor, 1847

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Thomas Richard Williams

The Sands of Time, 1850-1852

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Charles Richard Meade

Portrait of Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, 1848

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Théodore Maurisset

La Daguerreotypomanie (Daguerreotypomania), December 1839

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

William Langenheim

Portrait of Frederick Langenheim, ca. 1848

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Portrait of a Woman, May 1844

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Portrait of an Unidentified Daguerreotypist Displaying a Selection of Daguerreotypes, 1845

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Nude Woman in Photographer's Studio, ca. 1850

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Portrait of a Nurse and a Child, ca. 1850

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Chinese Woman with a Mandolin, 1860

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey

Facade and North Colonnade of the Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens, 1842

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

James P. Weston

Portrait of an Asian Man in Top Hat, ca. 1856

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Dr. Hugo Stangenwald

Portrait of Queen Kalama of Hawaii, 1853-1854

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Postmortem of a Child, ca. 1852

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Horatio B. King

Seth Eastman at Dighton Rock, July 7th-1853

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Alphonse-Louis Poitevin

The Pantheon, Paris, 1842

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Portrait of Young Girl with a Guitar, ca. 1850

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Nude Woman in Photographer's Studio, ca. 1850

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Portrait of a Young Man in a Top Hat, ca. 1850

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Chinese Woman with a Mandolin, 1860

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Portrait of Zachary Taylor, 1847

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Dr. Hugo Stangenwald

Portrait of Queen Kalama of Hawaii, 1853-1854

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Horatio B. King

Seth Eastman at Dighton Rock, July 7th-1853

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Portrait of an Unidentified Daguerreotypist Displaying a Selection of Daguerreotypes, 1845

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Portrait of a Nurse and a Child, ca. 1850

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey

Facade and North Colonnade of the Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens, 1842

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

James P. Weston

Portrait of an Asian Man in Top Hat, ca. 1856

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Théodore Maurisset

La Daguerreotypomanie (Daguerreotypomania), December 1839

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

William Langenheim

Portrait of Frederick Langenheim, ca. 1848

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Portrait of a Woman, May 1844

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Portrait of a Girl Holding a Doll, ca. 1845

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Portrait of a Family, ca. 1850

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe, late May, early June, 1849

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Thomas Richard Williams

The Sands of Time, 1850-1852

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Charles Richard Meade

Portrait of Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, 1848

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Postmortem of a Child, ca. 1852

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Alphonse-Louis Poitevin

The Pantheon, Paris, 1842

"In Focus: Daguerreotypes" at The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

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