Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (/ d ə ˈ ɡ ɛər / ⓘ də-GAIR; French: [lwi ʒɑk mɑ̃de daɡɛʁ]; 18 November 1787 – 10 July 1851) was a French scientist, artist and photographer, recognized for his invention of the eponymous daguerreotype process of photography. He became known as one of the fathers of photography.
Boulevard du Temple is a photograph of a Parisian streetscape made in 1838 (or possibly 1837 [1]), and is one of the earliest surviving daguerreotype plates produced by Louis Daguerre. [2] Although the image seems to be of a deserted street, it is widely considered to be the first photograph to include an image of a human.
Morse met the inventor of the daguerreotype, Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre, in Paris in January 1839 when Daguerre's invention was announced. [124] While the daguerreotype fascinated Morse, he was concerned about how the new invention would compete with his telegraph. [124]
The Ruins of Holyrood Chapel is an oil on canvas painting of the Holyrood Abbey completed around 1824 by the French artist Louis Daguerre. The painting measures 211 × 256.3 cm (83.1 × 100.9 in), and is exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, England. The museum acquired it in 1864. [1]
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Special pages
The earliest photograph of the Boulevard du Temple is by Louis Daguerre (1838) The Boulevard du Temple follows the path of the city wall constructed by Charles V (the so-called Enceinte, constructed between 1356 and 1383) and demolished under Louis XIV. The boulevard, lined with trees, was built between 1656 and 1705.
move to sidebar hide. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
19th century printed reproduction of a still life believed to be a circa 1832 Niépce physautotype (glass original accidentally destroyed circa 1900) [1]. The physautotype (from French, physautotype) was a photographic process, invented in the course of his investigation of heliography, by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce and Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre [2] in 1832, in which images were produced by ...