[Example of the Fizeau process (man)]

[Example of the Fizeau process (man)]

Photograph

Attributed to Hippolyte Fizeau

Maker
French, 1819–1896

[Example of the Fizeau process (man)]

ca. 1843
Daguerreotype and letterpress print
Image (left; 1/2 plate): 3 15/16 × 2 15/16 in. (10 × 7.5 cm)
Image (right; 1/2 plate): 3 15/16 × 2 15/16 in. (10 × 7.5 cm)
Overall: 6 × 10 1/4 × 3/16 in. (15.2 × 26 × 0.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1969.0265.0200a-b
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil and ink (Cromer's hand) on backing paper, verso, TR: (Cr. 229) [numerals in ink]
Inscribed in ink (Cromer's hand) on backing paper, verso, C: Très rare \\ Daguerréotype et son \ moulage galvanoplastique - \ Ce travail est du début \ du portrait au daguerréotype - \ Voir "Nouvelles Instructions sur l'usage du Daguerréotype" , \ par Ch. Chevalier, Paris 1841, \ page 60.\\ J'ai réuni par une charnière \ les deux pièces qui étaient séparées \ lorsque je les ai trouvées, et n'avaient \ plus leur verre.
Inscribed in pencil, verso, BRC: 10D-364
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