Daguerreotype photography

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf photographic film
gptkbp:declinedAfter 1860s
gptkbp:firstPublicAnnouncement Paris, 1839
gptkbp:heldBy monochrome process
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Daguerreotype photography
gptkbp:introducedIn 1839
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Louis_Daguerre
gptkbp:notableFor highly detailed images
mirror-like surface
gptkbp:patent gptkb:France
gptkbp:popularFor 19th century
gptkbp:preservedIn museums
gptkbp:produces unique image
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:wet_plate_collodion_process
gptkbp:requires long exposure times
careful handling
gptkbp:usedFor portrait photography
landscape photography
gptkbp:uses iodine vapor
mercury vapor
silver-plated copper sheet
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Great_Exhibition_of_the_Works_of_Industry_of_All_Nations
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5