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Maker:
Draper, Daniel  Search this
Draper, Henry  Search this
Physical Description:
glass (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (overall material)
metal (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 4 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 10.795 cm x 8.255 cm
Object Name:
Photograph
photograph
Other Terms:
Photograph; Daguerreotype
Place Made:
United States: New York, New York City
Date made:
1893
Description:
Believed to be the first photographic portrait made in the United States, this portrait of Dorothy Catherine Draper was originally taken by her brother Dr. John W. Draper (1811-1882) in his Washington Square studio at the New York University in 1839 or 1840, within the first year of Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre's announcement in Paris of his invention of the daguerreotype process. Identified as a copy daguerreotype, this reproduction was made by Draper's son Daniel when the original was displayed at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. The original daguerreotype was damaged during an attempt at restoration early in the 1930s.
Location:
Currently not on view
Subject:
Portraits  Search this
Women  Search this
Related event:
World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of John William Christopher Draper and James Christopher Draper
ID Number:
PG.72.72.B001
Accession number:
304826
Catalog number:
72.72.B1
72.72.B001
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Work and Industry: Photographic History
Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-6fba-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_834690