Portrait of Dorothy Catherine Draper
date: label: Date made
content: 1893
name: label: maker
content: Draper, Daniel
label: maker
content: Draper, Henry
notes: label: Description
content: Believed to be the first photographic portrait made in the United States, this portrait of Dorothy Catherine Draper was originally taken by her brother Dr. John W. Draper (1811-1882) in his Washington Square studio at the New York University in 1839 or 1840, within the first year of Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre's announcement in Paris of his invention of the daguerreotype process. Identified as a copy daguerreotype, this reproduction was made by Draper's son Daniel when the original was displayed at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. The original daguerreotype was damaged during an attempt at restoration early in the 1930s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Portraits
label: Subject
content: Women
label: related event
content: World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John William Christopher Draper and James Christopher Draper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.72.72.B001
label: accession number
content: 304826
label: catalog number
content: 72.72.B1
label: catalog number
content: 72.72.B001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Photograph
label: Object Name
content: photograph
label: Other Terms
content: Photograph; Daguerreotype
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 10.795 cm x 8.255 cm