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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TITLECharles Dickens. From daguerreotype taken by Mayall in 1851
NAMESMayall, J. E. (John Jabez Edwin), 1813-1901 (Photographer)COLLECTIONBerg Collection portrait file
Charles Dickens
DATES / ORIGINDate Created: 1851 - 1870 (Inferred)LIBRARY LOCATIONSHenry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American LiteratureTOPICSDickens, Charles, 1812-1870GENRESPortraitsPHYSICAL DESCRIPTIONDaguerreotypesExtent: 17.5 x 12.5 cm, (cartone frame 30 x 25 cm)TYPE OF RESOURCEStill imageIDENTIFIERSUniversal Unique Identifier (UUID): d9807b50-c5f6-012f-d4d9-58d385a7bc34RIGHTS STATEMENTThe copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LIBRARY OF CONGRESS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~About this ItemTitle[Robert Cornelius, self-portrait; believed to be the earliest extant American portrait photo]SummaryDaguerre announced his invention of a photographic method to the French Academy of Sciences in August 1839. That October, a young Philadelphian, Robert Cornelius, working out of doors to take advantage of the light, made this head-and-shoulders self-portrait using a box fitted with a lens from an opera glass. In the portrait, Cornelius stands slightly off-center with hair askew, in the yard behind his family's lamp and chandelier store, peering uncertainly into the camera. Early daguerreotypy required a long exposure time, ranging from three to fifteen minutes, making the process nearly impractical for portraiture. (Source: "Photographic Material," by Carol Johnson. In Gathering History: the Marian S. Carson Collection of Americana, 1999, p. 100)NamesCornelius, Robert, 1809-1893, photographerCreated / Published1839 [Oct. or Nov.]Headings- Cornelius, Robert,--1809-1893HeadingsDaguerreotypes--1830-1840.Portrait photographs--1830-1840.Self portraits--1830-1840.GenreDaguerreotypes--1830-1840Portrait photographs--1830-1840Self portraits--1830-1840Notes- Title devised by Library staff.- Inscribed on paper backing: The first light picture ever taken. 1839.- Robert Cornelius: Portraits from the dawn of photography / Stapp. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983, p. 50- Gift; Marian S. Carson; 1996; (DLC/PP-1996:086.3).- Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).- Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress).- Published in: Gathering history: the Marian S. Carson collection of Americana. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1999, p. 100.- Published in: "Images of America" chapter of the ebook Great Photographs from the Library of Congress, 2013.- Published in: The Joy of Looking: Great Photographs from the Library of Congress, 2023.- Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress.- Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2018; Icons section.Medium1 photograph : approximate quarter plate daguerreotype ; mount 37.6 x 29.1 cm, visible plate 9 x 6.9 cm.Call Number/Physical LocationDAG no. 1255 (Cabinet A)Source CollectionDaguerreotype collection (Library of Congress)RepositoryLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.printDigital Idppmsca 40464 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.40464cph 3g05001 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g05001cph 3f04912 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3f04912cph 3d02174 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3d02174Library of Congress Control Number2004664436Reproduction NumberLC-DIG-ppmsca-40464 (digital file from original item) LC-USZC4-5001 (color film copy transparency) LC-USZC2-4912 (color film copy slide) LC-USZ6-2174 (b&w film copy neg.)Rights AdvisoryNo known restrictions on publication.Access AdvisoryRestricted access. Please use digital image or other reference copy. Original photograph is too fragile to serve.Online FormatimageLCCN Permalinkhttps://lccn.loc.gov/2004664436Additional Metadata FormatsMARCXML RecordMODS RecordDublin Core Record
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- Artist
- Bishop & Gray Studio, active c. 1843
- Sitter
- John Quincy Adams, 11 Jul 1767 - 23 Feb 1848
- Date
- 1843
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Sixth-plate daguerreotype
- Dimensions
- Image: 8.3 x 7cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/4")
- Case Closed: 9.4 x 8.3cm (3 11/16 x 3 1/4")
- Case Open: 9.4 x 16.4 x 1.4cm (3 11/16 x 6 7/16 x 9/16")
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of John D. Duncan and an anonymous donor
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Object number
- NPG.70.78
- Exhibition Label
- Born Braintree, Massachusetts
- John Quincy Adams was destined for a life of public service. The eldest son of John and Abigail Adams, he was only ten when he accompanied his famous father on a diplomatic mission to Europe in 1778. The younger Adams later graduated from Harvard, practiced law, and served as U.S. minister to the Netherlands before his election to the U.S. Senate (1803). Although his disdain for partisan politics would cost him that seat, he served ably as a diplomat and as secretary of state (1817–25). In 1824 Adams defeated Andrew Jackson for the presidency but lost to his rival in a rematch in 1828. Three years later, he was elected to the House of Representatives, where he served for eight successive terms.
- In the summer of 1843, Adams embarked on what he hoped would be a private trip through New York State. Such was his popularity, however, that his “journey for pleasure and recreation . . . [was] converted into a triumphal progress.” In Utica, where he was feted with a torchlight parade, Adams was taken by his hosts to “Bishop & Gray’s Daguerreotype rooms” for a series of four portraits. Far from pleased with the results, Adams recorded in his diary that the daguerreotypes were “all hideous.” Regrettably, this portrait from that sitting has suffered abrasions that partially obscure Adams’s face.
- Data Source
- National Portrait Gallery
- Location
- Currently not on view
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Maker
Albert Sands Southworth, American, 1811–1894; Josiah Johnson Hawes, American, 1808–1901
[Man, uncut daguerreotype plate]
ca. 1850
Daguerreotype
Image (sixth plate): 3 1/4 × 2 11/16 in. (8.2 × 6.9 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1974.0193.0461
InscriptionsHallmark on recto, TRC: HBH [eagle] [see The Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes (Sobieszek and Appel, 1980) #6, p. 113]
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The daguerreotype was the first form of photography to be announced to the world in Paris in January 1839. They are unique, direct positive images formed on a sheet of highly polished and silvered copper. The process flourished primarily for commercial portraiture and rapidly replaced portrait miniature painting as a record of a loved one and an intimate keepsake. Mememto mori or post mortem daguerreotypes are an important genre within early photography. The unusual example of the 'double portrait', housed in one case of the elderly woman alive and deceased makes a powerful comparative pairing. The subject's resting pose of her crossed hands in the life portrait is intentionally and aptly echoed in the post mortem image.
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