Antique Framed Daguerreotype Of Gentleman fetal Early to Mid 20th Century

Early to Mid 20th Century

Each Measures 4" - 4 1/2" Long

Can Be Display on Wall or Worn as Pendant

"Fidelity"

Antique Framed Daguerreotype Of Gentleman fetal Early to Mid 20th CenturySet in Original Embossed Leather & Velvet Union Case Ca 1850s 3 1 8" x 3 5 8" Case Has Fair Amount of Wear & Tear Daguerreotypes were a very early form of photography, a photographer would use a camera to expose light on a silver plated plate of copper, then develop the image using a mercury vapor. Widely used in the 1840s and 1850s, it was soon replaced by the ambrotype. Because the silver takes on a mirror like appearance, the subject can be viewed