Welcome to Daguerreobase
Daguerreobase is an online application designed to contain detailed information about daguerreotypes. Members can view, edit and store records of individual daguerreotypes and establish relations to other records based on a wide range of characteristics. This includes collections, owners, creators, hallmarks, housing models, sizes, materials and descriptions.
Read more...This project is partially funded by the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP).
"Snap, bang, wallop, what a picture..."
Cartoonist Stephen Collins has recently made a cartoon for The Guardian on the announcement of the invention of the daguerreotype on the 7th of january 1839, 175 years ago. Cartoon: "Snap, bang, wallop, what a picture..." - Stephen Collins for The Guardian Source: The Guardian
