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The following is a complete list of all Daguerreotypes from the exhibit, Secrets of the Dark Chamber.
1) J. K. Andrus active 1850s,
Man with Letters
ca. 1845,
quarter plate daguerreotype,
Private collection
2) Rufus Anson active NYC, 185167,
Young Girl with Chair
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Gary W. Ewer
3) Platt D. Babbitt active 185578, N.Y.,
Niagara Falls
ca. 1854,
whole plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Matthew R. Isenburg
4) James Presley Ball 1825ca. 1904,
Myers & Co. Confectioners
1850,
half plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Greg French
5) Bell & Clayton active 1850s Philadelphia,
White Poodle
ca. 1850s,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Wm. B. Becker
6) Samuel Bemis 17891881,
Crawford's Notch (House)
184041,
whole plate daguerreotype,
Gilman Paper Company Collection
7) Samuel Bemis 17891881,
View of King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston
184041,
whole plate daguerreotype,
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/Canadian Centre
for Architecture, Montréal
8) Mathew Brady 182396,
Three Men and a Document
n.d.,
half plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Leonard A. Walle
9) Mathew Brady 182396,
Young Boy
1854,
half plate daguerreotype,
Collection of LaPlaca Productions, New York City
10) attributed to D.C. Collins active 1840s50s,
Three-part study of Hiram Power's "The Greek Slave"
three sixth plate daguerreotypes,
The Miller-Plummer Collection of Photography
11) Thomas M. Easterly 180982,
Big Mound During Destruction
1869,
half plate daguerreotype,
Missouri Historical Society
12) Thomas M. Easterly 180982,
Railroad Trestle across Cahokia Creek
ca. 1855,
half plate daguerreotype,
Missouri Historical Society
13) Henry Fitz, Jr. 180863,
Portrait of a Man (Self-Portrait?)
1840,
eighth plate daguerreotype,
Gilman Paper Company Collection
14) Henry Fitz, Jr. 180863,
Self-Portrait
November 1839,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Division of Photographic History, National Museum
of American History, Smithsonian Institution
15) John H. Fitzgibbon 1816?82,
Portrait of Kno-Shr, Kansas Chief
ca. 1853,
three/quarters plate daguerreotype,
Gilman Paper Company Collection
16) Charles H. Fontayne 181458
and William Southgate Porter 18221889,
President of fraternal order
half plate daguerreotype,
Collection of James and Susan Sanders
17) Jeremiah Gurney 1812after 1886,
Boy with Hat Leaning on a Pedestal
half plate daguerreotype,
Collection of W. Bruce Lundberg
18) Jeremiah Gurney 1812after 1886,
Mrs. Edward Cooper and Son Peter (Pierre) Who Died
half plate daguerreotype,
The New-York Historical Society, New York, N.Y.
19) Jeremiah Gurney 1812after 1886,
Woman and Child
sixth plate daguerreotype
Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection, made
possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen
Endowment, 1994.91.58
20) Alexander Hesler 18231895,
Woman at a Mirror
1856,
half plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Matthew R. Isenburg
21) George H. Johnson ca. 182379,
Mining and Assorted Activity on the American River, near Sacramento
ca. 1852,
whole plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Matthew R. Isenburg
22) Frederick Langenheim 18091897,
Self-Portrait
after 1846,
half plate daguerreotype,
Gilman Paper Company Collection
23) Attributed to William Lewis 17911879 and
William Henry Lewis 18171879 and/or Richard A. Lewis 182091,
Chatham Square, New York
ca. 1853,
half plate daguerreotype,
Gilman Paper Company Collection
24) William C. Mayhew active ca. 1844 N.Y.,
The Sitgreaves Expedition
1850,
half plate daguerreotype,
Collection of R. Bruce Duncan
25) Russell A. Miller active 185355, 186373,
Painter and Backdrop
ca. 185355,
half plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Chris Steele
26) Henry Coit Perkins 180473,
Jail on Auburn Street, Newburyport
ca. 1839,
quarter plate daguerreotype,
Historical Society of Old Newbury
27) Henry Coit Perkins 180473,
Titcomb Street Church, Newburyport
ca. 1839,
quarter plate daguerreotype,
Historical Society of Old Newbury
28) Henry Coit Perkins 180473,
View of Newburyport Looking Northward from Harris Street Church
ca. 1839,
approximate whole plate daguerreotype,
Historical Society of Old Newbury
29) John Plumbe, Jr. 1809 Wales1857 USA,
Old Patent Office Building
ca. 1846,
half plate daguerreotype,
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
30) John Plumbe, Jr. 1809 Wales1857 USA,
The Buckeye Triplets (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob Raymond)
ca. 1845,
half plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Joan Murray
31) John Plumbe, Jr. 1809 Wales1857 USA,
United States Capitol
ca. 1846,
half plate daguerreotype,
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
32) William Southgate Porter 182289
Double Portrait
n.d.,
half plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Leonard A. Walle
33) Marcus Aurelius Root 180888,
Little Blue Girl
ca. 1850,
ninth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of the George Eastman House, Rochester, N.Y.
34) Marcus Aurelius Root 180888,
Portrait of Albert Pritchard Root Asleep by the Flag
ca. 1850
quarter plate daguerreotype,
The Miller-Plummer Collection of Photography
35) Marcus Aurelius Root 180888
Portrait of Anthony Pritchard
quarter plate daguerreotype,
The Miller-Plummer Collection of Photography
36) Albert Sands Southworth 181194
and Josiah Johnson Hawes 18081901,
Bayard Taylor
ca. 1851,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of I.N. Phelps
Stokes, Edward S. Hawes, Alice Mary Hawes, and Marion Augusta
Hawes, 1937 (37.14.29)
37) Albert Sands Southworth 181194
and Josiah Johnson Hawes 18081901
Daniel Webster
ca. 1850,
whole plate daguerreotype,
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gift of Edward Southworth Hawes,
in memory of his father, Josiah Johnson Hawes, 43.1402a
38) Albert Sands Southworth 181194
and Josiah Johnson Hawes 18081901,
Painted Portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart
1853,
whole plate daguerreotype,
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gift of Richard Parker in Memory
of Herman Parker, 1994.119
39) Albert Sands Southworth 181194
and Josiah Johnson Hawes 18081901,
Lemuel Shaw, 17811861
1851,
whole plate daguerreotype,
Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Edward
S. Hawes, Alice Mary Hawes, and Marion Augusta Hawes, 1938
(38.34)
40) Albert Sands Southworth 181194
and Josiah Johnson Hawes 18081901,
Lola Montez
1851,
whole plate daguerreotype,
Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of I.N.
Phelps Stokes, Edward S. Hawes, Alice Mary Hawes, and Marion
Augusta Hawes, 1937. (37.14.41)
41) Albert Sands Southworth 181194
and Josiah Johnson Hawes 18081901,
McKay's Shipyard, East Boston
ca. 1855,
whole plate daguerreotype,
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gift of Richard Parker in
Memory of Herman Parker, 1994.124
42) Albert Sands Southworth 181194
and Josiah Johnson Hawes 18081901
Plaster Mask of Nancy Southworth Hawes
18201895,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Leonard A. Walle
43) Albert Sands Southworth 181194
and Josiah Johnson Hawes 18081901,
The "Champion of the Seas," East Boston
1854,
whole plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gift of Richard
Parker in Memory of Herman Parker, 1994.122
44) Albert Sands Southworth 181194
and Josiah Johnson Hawes 18081901,
Three Ladies Reading
whole plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Matthew R. Isenburg
45) Albert Sands Southworth 181194
and Josiah Johnson Hawes 18081901,
Young Girl with Hands on Chair
whole plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Michael Lloyd
46) Albert Sands Southworth 181194
and Josiah Johnson Hawes 18081901,
Young Girl, Hand on Shoulder
whole plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Matthew R. Isenburg
47) Hugo Stangenwald 182999
and Stephen Goodfellow active 1850s,
Wailuku River, Hilo, Hawaii
1853,
approximate whole plate daguerreotype,
Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library
48) William Stroud active 1840s50s Pennsylvania,
Firehouse in Norristown, Pennsylvania
184748,
whole plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Matthew R. Isenburg
49) Unidentified Artist
(Possible) View of the Diggings at Timbuctoo (with horse on
ridge)
ca. 1854,
half plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Matthew R. Isenburg
50) Unidentified Artist
Apothecary
quarter plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Greg French
51) Unidentified Artist
Aunt Susan (Mrs. George W. Heath)
ca. 1850,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Private collection
52) Unidentified Artist
Barn
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of W. Bruce Lundberg
53) Unidentified Artist
Boy Leaning Against Bookcase
ca. 1850
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of William L. Schaeffer
54) Unidentified Artist
Boy and Dog Lying on Floor
ca. 1850,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of William L. Schaeffer
55) Unidentified Artist
California Mining Cemetery
after 1848,
half plate daguerreotype,
Collection of W. Bruce Lundberg
56) Unidentified Artist
Child with Toy Dog
ca. 1850,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Charles Schwartz
57) Unidentified Artist
Church
quarter plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Greg French
58) Unidentified Artist
Couple
mid 1840s,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Private collection, courtesy of William L. Schaeffer
59) Unidentified Artist
Couple (a folk painting)
quarter plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Julian Wolff
60) Unidentified Artist
Daguerreotype Studio and Stable
after 1848,
half plate daguerreotype,
Collection of W. Bruce Lundberg
61) Unidentified Artist
Daguerreotypist
ca. 1850,
half plate daguerreotype,
Collection of LaPlaca Productions, New York City
62) Unidentified Artist
Dr. J. H. Van Denian
1849
sixth plate daguerreotype
Collection of Mr. James Rutkowski
63) Unidentified Artist
Dying Boy with Toys
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Grant C. Dinsmore
64) Unidentified Artist
Editor
quarter plate daguerreotype
Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Gift of Charles Isaacs, 1994.80.5
65) Unidentified Artist
Edward James Roy, Fifth President of Liberia,
181571,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C.
66) Unidentified Artist
Emily Dickinson (183086)
ca. 184748,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Amherst College Library
67) Unidentified Artist
Engineering Camp, Copiapo, Chile
ca. 1852,
half plate daguerreotype,
Private collection, courtesy of William L. Schaeffer
68) Unidentified Artist
Falls of Minnehaha
ca. 1855,
half plate daguerreotype,
The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia; Museum Purchase, Horace
W. Goldsmith Endowment Fund and Museum Purchase Fund
69) Unidentified Artist
Family Group
early 1840s,
three/quarters plate daguerreotype,
Collection of W. Bruce Lundberg
70) Unidentified Artist
Family Looking at Portrait of Deceased Father
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Julian Wolff
71) Unidentified Artist
Frederick A. Douglass
ca. 1848,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Chester County Historical Society, West Chester,
Pennsylvania
72) Unidentified Artist
George James Webb, Mrs. Webb and daughters Mary Isabella
and Caroline Elizabeth Webb
ca. 1845,
whole plate daguerreotype,
The George Eastman House, Rochester, N.Y.
73) Unidentified Artist
Hat on Chair/Portrait of Man in a Hat
two sixth plate daguerreotypes in double case,
Rubel Collection
74) Unidentified Artist
House Painter
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Greg French
75) Unidentified Artist
Hutchinson Family Singers
whole plate daguerreotype,
Gilman Paper Company Collection
76) Unidentified Artist
Koplin & Richards Boot & Shoe Manufactory
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Greg French
77) Unidentified Artist
Latchmaker
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C.
79) Unidentified Artist
Machinist's Apprentice with File and Gear
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Matthew R. Isenburg
80) Unidentified Artist
Man and Hunting Dog
whole plate daguerreotype,
Collection of W. Bruce Lundberg
81) Unidentified Artist
Man with a Crooked Cane
quarter plate daguerreotype,
Collection of W. Bruce Lundberg
82) Unidentified Artist
Mary Peake
ca. 1860,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Hampton University Archives
83) Unidentified Artist
Marysville, California Flood
ca. 185152,
half plate daguerreotype,
Private collection
84) Unidentified Artist
Masked Woman
quarter plate daguerreotype,
Collection of W. Bruce Lundberg
85) Unidentified Artist
Mechanical Loom
ca. 1855,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
The George Eastman House, Rochester, N.Y.
86) Unidentified Artist
Merino Sheep
ca. 1850,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Charles Schwartz
87) Unidentified Artist
Miner with Pick and Pistol
ca. 1850,
quarter plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Mr. James Rutkowski
88) Unidentified Artist
Miners in a Clearing
half plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Stephen Anaya
89) Unidentified Artist
Mother and Son
half plate daguerreotype,
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the
Charles Isaacs Collection, made possible in part by the
Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.192
90) Unidentified Artist
New England Town Scene
ca. 1847,
half plate daguerreotype,
Collection of George S. Whiteley IV
91) Unidentified Artist
Nude Child on Table
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Charles Swedlund
92) Unidentified Artist
Old Man with Fly
ca. 1850,
quarter plate daguerreotype,
Private collection
93) Unidentified Artist
Painted portrait of a woman/man looking at painted portrait
of a woman
two sixth plate daguerreotypes in double case,
Collection of Julian Wolff
94) Unidentified Artist
Painter
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Greg French
95) Unidentified Artist
Pastoral Scene
ca. 1856,
half plate daguerreotype,
Collection of George S. Whiteley IV
96) Unidentified Artist
Payne's Oyster Saloon
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Greg French
97) Unidentified Artist
Plymouth and Kingston Express Wagon
ca. 1848,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Private collection
98) Unidentified Artist
Portrait of Martha Pickman Rogers in her Wedding Gown
half plate daguerreotype,
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Bequest of Maxim Karolik, 64.1910
99) Unidentified Artist
Portrait of Two Women
ca. 1850,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Mona and Marc Klarman
100) Unidentified Artist
Portrait of a Man in Top Hat
ca. 1855,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of George S. Whiteley IV
101) Unidentified Artist
Post Mortem
quarter plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Matthew R. Isenburg
102) Unidentified Artist
Post-Mortem (Three Brothers)
quarter plate daguerreotype,
Collection of W. Bruce Lundberg
103) Unidentified Artist
Preston's Livery Stable, Yuba, California
after 1848,
half plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Stephen Anaya
104) Unidentified Artist
Racing Sulky
ca. 1849,
quarter plate daguerreotype,
Collection of George S. Whiteley IV
105) Unidentified Artist
Rose Garden
ca. 1850,
half plate daguerreotype,
Private collection
106) Unidentified Artist
San Francisco Wharf (The Sanford Building)
ca. 1852,
whole plate daguerreotype,
Collection of W. Bruce Lundberg
107) Unidentified Artist
Seated Woman with Gloves
ca. 1855,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
The George Eastman House, Rochester, N.Y.
108) Unidentified Artist
Seneca Falls, New York
(downstream)
ca. 1855,
half plate daguerreotype,
Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection, made
possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen
Endowment, 1994.91.232
109) Unidentified Artist
Seneca Falls, New York
(upstream)
ca. 1855,
half plate daguerreotype,
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the
Charles Isaacs Collection, made possible in part by
the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.231
110) Unidentified Artist
Shell Cenotaph
ca. 1845,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Mr. James Rutkowski
111) Unidentified Artist
Ship
quarter plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Greg French
112) Unidentified Artist
Sisters
1848,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Robert H. McNeill
113) Unidentified Artist
Six Women
quarter plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Joan Murray
114) Unidentified Artist
Still Life with Pumpkin,
Book, and Sweet Potato
ninth plate daguerreotype,
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian
Institution, Museum purchase from the Charles
Isaacs Collection, made possible in part by the
Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.233
115) Unidentified Artist
Surveyor
quarter plate daguerreotype,
Collection of W. Bruce Lundberg
116) Unidentified Artist
Susan Helen DeKroyft
ca. 1845,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Wm. B. Becker
117) Unidentified Artist
Telegrapher
ca. 1853,
quarter plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Wm. B. Becker
118) Unidentified Artist
The Proposal
ca. 1850,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Wm. B. Becker
119) Unidentified Artist
The St. Anthony Falls
half plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Charles Isaacs
120) Unidentified Artist
The Staff of the
Express
quarter plate daguerreotype,
Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection, made
possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen
Endowment, 1994.91.230
121) Unidentified Artist
The Virginia Socket
ca. 1850,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Wm. B. Becker
122) Unidentified Artist
Thomas Eakins (18441916) and His sister, Frances
Eakins
ca. 1852,
quarter plate daguerreotype,
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
123) Unidentified Artist
Three Sisters
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Leonard A. Walle
124) Unidentified Artist
Two Bulls
ca. 1850,
quarter plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Charles Schwartz
125) Unidentified Artist
Uncle George and Gus
ca. 185055,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Wm. B. Becker
126) Unidentified Artist
Unidentified Portrait
1847,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Dennis A. Waters
127) Unidentified Artist
View of Bangor, Maine
ca. 1850,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/Canadian Centre
for Architecture, Montréal
128) Unidentified Artist
View of Church and Country Inn in the snow, possibly
New England
ca. 1850,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/Canadian Centre for
Architecture, Montréal
129) Unidentified Artist
Village and Landscape
ca. 1850,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Private collection
130) Unidentified Artist
Watermelon Eaters
ca. 1855,
ninth plate daguerreotype,
The George Eastman House, Rochester, N.Y.
131) Unidentified Artist
White House
ca. 1848,
quarter plate daguerreotype,
Collection of William L. Schaeffer
132) Unidentified Artist
William G. Worrell of the Welsh National Circus and
Theater
July 4, 1855,
half plate daguerreotype,
Collection of W. Bruce Lundberg
133) Unidentified Artist
Woman Writing Letters
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Wm. B. Becker
134) Unidentified Artist
Woman Holding a Sealed Letter
ca. 1850,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Private collection
135) Unidentified Artist
Woman on Chaise Lounge with Bookcase
ca. 1850,
half plate daguerreotype,
Private collection
136) Unidentified Artist
Woman with Geranium
n.d.,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Wm. B. Becker
137) Unidentified Artist
Woman with Sewing Machine
after 1846,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C.
138) Unidentified Artist
Young Boy with Dead Crane
ca. 1850,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Mr. James Rutkowski
139) Unidentified Artist
Young Man with Rooster
ca. 1850,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Private collection
140) Unidentified artist
Male Portrait Bust
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Leonard A. Walle
141) Unidentified artist
Men in Trees
quarter plate daguerreotype
Private collection
142) Unidentified artist
Nude
quarter plate daguerreotype,
Collection of John and Tina Delph
143) Unidentified artist
Painting of "The Greek Slave" with figures in o
riental dress
ca. 1847,
quarter plate daguerreotype,
Collection of W. Bruce Lundberg
144) Unidentified artist
Portrait of Tsow Chaoong
1847,
sixth plate daguerreotype,
Gilman Paper Company Collection
145) Unidentified artist
Two Blacksmiths
quarter plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Leonard A. Walle
146) Robert H. Vance 182576,
Excelsior Building, San Francisco
1856,
whole plate daguerreotype,
Collection of Matthew R. Isenburg
147) Gardner K. Warren active 1840s Rhode Island,
Henry Ward Beecher
1853/54/55,
whole plate daguerreotype,
Collection of W. Bruce Lundberg
148) John Whipple 182291,
Henry Winthrop Sargent and Family
ca. 1855,
half plate daguerreotype,
The Boston Athenaeum
149) John Adams Whipple 182291,
Self-Portrait with Brother
sixteenth plate daguerreotype,
Gilman Paper Company Collection
150) John Adams Whipple 182291
The Moon, 6 August 1851
1851,
quarter plate daguerreotype,
The Middlebury College Museum of Art. Purchase, Christian A.
Johnson Memorial Fund, The Overbrook Foundation. 1989.9
151) Jesse Whitehurst 182075,
Sleeping Baby
half plate daguerreotype,
Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection, made
possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen
Endowment, 1994.91.289
152) Jesse H. Whitehurst 182075,
Boy in Blue Jacket
half plate daguerreotype,
Collection of W. Bruce Lundberg
153) Samuel Morse's Daguerreotype Camera
Division of Photographic History, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
154) Alexander S. Wolcott's Patent Model of a Daguerreotype Camera
Division of Photographic History, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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