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Daguerreotypie

Artist, set designer, inventor. In collaboration with Charles Bouton he displayed a Diorama at Place du Chateau in Paris. In 1826, optician Charles Chevalier informed Daguerre of the invention wich Niépce had been working on since 1816. Nipce had managed to create a photogrphic picture. After lengthy discussions the two inventors joined forces to further develop
the research done by Niépce. In a written agreement, Nièpce promised to inform Daguerre og " all details og his research" and Daguerre, in turn promised to reveal " all his improvements of the camera "
Bild av en Daguerreotypie
DAGUERRE
Jacques Louis Mandé
1787-1851
Omslaget Daguerre got his licens in augusti 1839. In december there was an swedish translation.
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How to make an Daguerreotypie

This is the oldest Daguerreotypien

A short description of how a Daguerreotypie is made.
First, one takes a silver coated copper plate. This is polished with pumice powder and olive oil. Then the plate is made light sensitive by exposing it to iodine crystals in a container. The plate is exposed in a camera. The plate is then developed in a container with mercury. The mercury is heated to 75 degrees Celsius and the varpor develops the plate. The plate is then fixed in an ordinary acid fixing solution. Then the plate is rinsed with hot distilled water. To avoid oxidation the plate is mounted in a airtight case. Every Daguerreotype is a mirror image and is unique. There is only one such picture.

The Daguerreotypie Camera at the Photo Museum

The Daguerreotypie camera and equipment at the Photo Museum in Osby consist of a replica of the equipment described in Daguerre´s book with his patent application. The camera is modeled after a camera owned by the Science Museum in London. The namne is George Knight & Son, Portrait Camera manufactured in 1850. See woodcarving of the factory and their shop from 1850. The Osby camera is in format 9x12 and the rest of the equipment is suited to fit this camera. The lens is orginal from the same time ( 1850 ) and is identical with the lens of the English orginal: Vis a Paysage DARLOT, Sr OPTn B TE, 14 rue Chapon, Paris.Picture on the Camera
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Daguerreotypiephoto made of the northern Europe only
Daugerreotypist photographer Sven-Olov Sundin.
The picture is from year 1985 in Photo Museum in Osby.
Size 9x12 cm.
©  Sven-Olov Sundin

link to The Daguerreian Society

Updated 1999, 2000, 2001

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