A hand-coloured stereoscopic daguerreotype of an elderly woman, taken at the studio of Antoine Claudet (1797-1867). The woman is probably Claudet's mother or mother-in-law. In 1839, the Daguerreotype, invented by Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, became the first photographic process to be announced to the public. A highly-polished silver surface on a copper plate was sensitised to light by exposing it to iodine fumes. After exposing the plate in a camera it was developed with mercury vapour. Daguerreotypes are unique images which may appear as a positive or negative depending on how light hits the surface. A stereograph is a pair of photographs which, when viewed through a stereoscope, give the appearance of three-dimensional depth.

Picture Reference: 10450990
Subject: ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA > Photography > Processes, Daguerreotype
Inventory No.: 1984-1645
Credit: NMeM

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