Louis Daguerre
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (18 November 1787 – 10 July 1851) was a French artist and physicist, recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography. He became known as one of the fathers of photography. Though he is most famous for his contributions to photography, he was also an accomplished painter and a developer of the diorama theater.
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 Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre | |
| Born | Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{"., Expression error: Unrecognized word "november".Expression error: Unrecognized word "november". Cormeilles-en-Parisis, Val-d'Oise, France |
| Died | 10 July 1851 (aged 1842) Bry-sur-Marne, France |
| Known for | Invention of the daguerreotype process |
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Louis Daguerre Media
An engraving of Daguerre during his career
Diagram of the London diorama building
The Ruins of Holyrood Chapel, painting by Daguerre (1824)
Portrait by E. Thiésson (1844)
Portrait by unknown photographer (c. 1844)
Portrait by Charles Meade (1848)
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Other websites
- Daguerre (1787–1851) and the Invention of Photography from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Louis Daguerre and Bry-sur-Marne
- Louis Daguerre Biography
- Louis Daguerre (1787–1851) Archived 2012-12-17 at Archive.today from World Wide Art Resources.
- Daguerre and the daguerreotype Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine An array of source texts from the Daguerreian Society web site
- Daguerre's Boulevard du Temple photograph - a discussion on its making and subsequent history.
- Daguerre Memorial in Washington D.C. Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Louis Daguerre Encyclopædia Britannica
