Title
Daguerreotype mania
Caption
The Daguerreotypemania.
From a cartoon by Maurisset.
The dagurreotype invented by Nicéphore Niepce and publiciized in 1839, became extremely fashionable. It was amazing and gave rise to many excesses and jokes as seen on this cartoon.
In : Louis Barron, Paris Pittoresque 1800-1900. La Vie - Les Moeurs - Les Plaisirs, Paris, Société Française d'Editions d'Art L.-Henry May, 1899.
Date
1845
Credit line
Photo12/Fondation Napoléon
Reference
NPL07192_054
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
23,1Mb (2,2Mb) / 11,3in x 7,9in / 3403 x 2375 (300dpi)