Photomicrograph of a spectrum
name: label: photographer
content: Draper, John William
label: maker
content: Draper, John William
label: maker
content: Draper, John William
notes: label: Description
content: A daguerreotype photograph of a spectrum from the Dr. John W. Draper Collection. Dr. Draper worked at New York University in 1840 when he was associated with Samuel F. B. Morse and the earliest photographic experiments in the United States. Draper produced the first portrait photograph in America, a portrait of his sister Dorothy Catherine, as well as scientific photomicrograph daguerreotypes of spectrum and frog's blood photographed through a microscope. With the assistance of his sons, he captured early photographs of the moon. Our collection also includes Draper's equipment and a large variety of photographs, both daguerreotype, albumen, and cyanotype (blue) prints from the 1840s to the 1860s donated by the photographer's family. This image is matted, not cased.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.72.72.B117
label: accession number
content: 304826
label: catalog number
content: 72.72.B117
objectType: label: Object Name
content: daguerreotype
label: Other Terms
content: Photograph; Photograph; Daguerreotype
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, copper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.5 cm x 7 cm x .5 cm; 3 11/32 in x 2 3/4 in x 3/16 in