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Portrait of a Daguerreotypist Displaying Daguerreotypes and Cases, 1845, maker unknown, hand-colored daguerreotype. The J. Paul Getty Museum




Portrait of a Nurse and Child, about 1850, Unknown Maker. Daguerreotype. The J. Paul Getty Museum




Façade and North Colonnade of the Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens, 1842, Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey, daguerreotype. The J. Paul Getty Museum




Historical Gallery: A Lottery to Benefit the Originals, about 1852, Unknown Maker. Daguerreotype. The J. Paul Getty Museum.

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A Brief History of the Daguerreotype

Read more about daguerreotypes on the exhibition page of In Focus: Daguerreotypes, now on view at the Getty through March 2016.