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Martin Hans Boyè daguerreotype, 1843
Martin Hans Boyè daguerreotype, 1843
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Martin Hans Boyè daguerreotype, 1843

Permanent ID:
105
Date:
December 1843
Image Description:
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.
Inscription:
(ink on paper): Daguerreotype / restored 1939 / by Louis W. Sipley / from / Historical Society / of / Pennsylvania (Paper liner of case tray beneath image package)
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 7.1 cm, Height: 8.1 cm (plate)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania art and artifact collection
Related People or Organizations:
Robert Cornelius, 1809-1893 (photographer)
Martin H. Boyè, 1812-1907 (depicted)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Portrait photography [sh85101240]
Daguerreotype [sh85035408]