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Martin Hans Boyè daguerreotype, 1843

Image: Professor Boyè with filtering stand on table. Used without figure, for illustration of pouring form filtering glass on to filer without spilling.
Plate mark: "L.B.B. Co. 40" Plate: pure silver; gold chloride toned
Card in card catalog PC4A states: "'First...

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Main Author: Robert Cornelius, 1809-1893 (Creator)
Collection:Historical Society of Pennsylvania art and artifact collection (#3137)
Date:1843-12-01/1843-12-31
Dimensions:7.1 x 8.1 cm
Format: Electronic
Subjects and Genres:
Portrait photography
Daguerreotype
Copyright:Public Domain
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/105
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Summary: Image: Professor Boyè with filtering stand on table. Used without figure, for illustration of pouring form filtering glass on to filer without spilling.
Plate mark: "L.B.B. Co. 40" Plate: pure silver; gold chloride toned
Card in card catalog PC4A states: "'First posed photograph for a book illustration, showing Prof. Martin Boyè in Cornelius' studio in Phila. in 1843.' See Pennsylvania Arts and Sciences Vol. IV, No.1, p.23" Exhibition History: "Robert Cornelius: Portraits from the Dawn of Photography," mounted at the National Portrait Gallery and open to the public October 20, 1983 through January 22, 1984.

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