Daguerreotype of Caspar Joachim Kühl and his wife Louise.
Department of Maps, Prints, and Photographs, Dag. 1984-742/4 4º

This coloured daguerreotype was made by an anonymous photographer.
The daguerreotype was invented by the Frenchman Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (1787-1851). The technique is to fix an image on copper plates coated with silver iodide. Each daguerreotype is unique, unlike the photographs of a later age.

9.3 x 7.2 cm.
16 x 13.5 cm.

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