Portrait of a Man
Catalogue
- Year
- 1845
- Medium
- daguerreotype
- Dimensions
- image (visible): 11.4 × 8.5 cm (4 1/2 × 3 3/8 in.) mat: 14 × 10.8 cm (5 1/2 × 4 1/4 in.) case (closed): 15.2 × 12.1 × 1.9 cm (6 × 4 3/4 × 3/4 in.)
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
- Artist
- John Adams Whipple
Artist
Photography
John Adams Whipple (1822, 1891) was an American daguerreotypist and pioneering photographer who produced the first detailed photographic images of the moon in 1850, using a telescope-mounted camera at Harvard Observatory. His technical innovations in celestial photography established photography as a legitimate scientific instrument for astronomical observation. Whipple's precision in chemical processing and optical apparatus design made him one of the most accomplished practitioners of daguerreotype portraiture and landscape work in nineteenth-century America.
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- John Adams Whipple
- Year
- 1845
- Medium
- daguerreotype
- Dimensions
- image (visible): 11.4 × 8.5 cm (4 1/2 × 3 3/8 in.) mat: 14 × 10.8 cm (5 1/2 × 4 1/4 in.) case (closed): 15.2 × 12.1 × 1.9 cm (6 × 4 3/4 × 3/4 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1845-296293
Source
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
- Source
- nga
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified