Severely corroded daguerreotype plate with mottled dark surface – Historic Photograph Print
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Description
A window into the past: Severely corroded daguerreotype plate with mottled dark surface, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Severely corroded daguerreotype plate with mottled dark surface
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The image on this plate is largely lost to corrosion, which has left a mottled, dark surface where the silver layer has pitted and clouded. Daguerreotypes were made by exposing a polished, silver-coated copper sheet to iodine and bromine vapors and then developing the faint image with mercury fumes, producing a mirror-like surface that tarnished easily when exposed to air, humidity or sulfur. By 1844, only five years after Daguerre announced his process, studios in Europe and America were making these plates in large numbers, so many have survived in similar damaged states.
| Created / published | 1844 |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 3,289 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 437_Unidentified_man_headan_1844 |
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