daguerreotype
daguerreotype
Definition
☆ da·guerreo·type (də ger′ō tīp′, -ē ō-)
noun
- a photograph made by an early method on a plate of chemically treated metal
- this method
Etymology: after Louis J. M. Daguerre (1789-1851), Fr painter who developed the method
transitive verb -·typed′, -·typ′·ing
to photograph by this method
da·guerre′o·typ′y noun
daguerreotype
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- take: Thus the taking of the first photographic image in Australia is in direct line with the first daguerreotype taken in South America.
- produce: Portrait daguerreotypes produced by the Mathew Brady studio make up the major portion of the collection.
- make: Washington learned to make daguerreotypes during his freshman year to offset his college expenses.
- clean: The man who attempted, with such calamitous results, to clean the daguerreotype in 1934 was Mr. John H. Gear.
- think: Lloyd thinks the daguerreotype was taken earlier, around 1852.
- survive: The sole surviving daguerreotype of Kirker reveals a dark-skinned man with a fierce countenance.
Adjective modifier
- early: Amateur photographers were free to experiment with landscape photography and some early daguerreotypes and calotypes showing views of Sussex have survived.
- first: Thus the taking of the first photographic image in Australia is in direct line with the first daguerreotype taken in South America.
- French: Earlier processes, such as the French daguerreotype, produced only a unique image.
- few: He seems to have taken a few daguerreotypes during that period but what else was he doing and where?
Modifies a noun
- portrait: On 23rd March 1841, Richard Beard opened England's first daguerreotype portrait studio in London's Regent Street.
- apparatus: The Daguerreotype apparatus complete with chemicals &c £ 5. 12s.
- patent: This experience cannot have made him entirely indifferent toward the daguerreotype patent.
- studio: On 23rd March 1841, Richard Beard opened England's first daguerreotype portrait studio in London's Regent Street.
- plate: Daguerreotype plates were, being made of a thin layer of silver, smoother than photographs made on paper.
- camera: Daguerreotype Camera, French, 1839 This camera was the first to be offered for sale to the general public.
Noun used with modifier
- plate: He very kindly sent me a scan of a full plate daguerreotype he wants to know more about.
