Donald McKay, ca. 1850–55, Daguerreotype, 21.6 x 16.5cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/2in.), Photographs, Albert Sands Southworth (American, West Fairlee, Vermont 1811–1894 Charlestown, Massachusetts), Josiah Johnson Hawes (American, Wayland, Massachusetts 1808–1901 Crawford Notch, New Hampshire), This first photographic process invented by Louis Daguerre (1787-1851) spread rapidly around the world after its presentation to the public in Paris in 1839. Exposed in a camera obscura and developed in mercury vapors, each highly polished silvered copper plate is a unique photograph that, viewed in proper light, exhibits extraordinary detail and three-dimensionality
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Donald McKay, ca, 1850–55, Daguerreotype, 21.6 x 16.5cm, 8 1/2 6 1/2in, Photographs, Albert Sands Southworth, American, West Fairlee, Vermont, 1811–1894, Charlestown, Massachusetts, Josiah Johnson Hawes, Wayland, 1808–1901, Crawford Notch, New Hampshire, first, photographic, process, invented, Louis Daguerre, 1787-1851, spread rapidly, world, presentation, public, Paris, 1839, Exposed, camera obscura, developed, mercury vapors, highly polished, silvered, copper, plate, unique photograph, viewed, proper light, exhibits extraordinary, detail, three-dimensionality
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