[Cornelius Conway Felton with His Hat and Coat]

[Cornelius Conway Felton with His Hat and Coat]

John Adams WhippleWW-1850-T002296
1851·Daguerreotype·visible: 8.3 x 7 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.) each

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Year
1851
Dimensions
visible: 8.3 x 7 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.) each

Artist

John Adams Whipple
John Adams Whipple

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.

Grafton, MA, United States

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Untitled (Portrait of Seated Woman)

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1860 · Daguerreotype

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Untitled (Group Portrait of Men and Women)

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1855 · Daguerreotype

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Untitled (Portrait of a Reclined Woman)

Untitled (Portrait of a Reclined Woman)

1855 · Daguerreotype

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Untitled (Portrait of Seated Woman and Child)

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1855 · Daguerreotype

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Self-Portrait with Wife and Two Daughters

Self-Portrait with Wife and Two Daughters

1854 · Daguerreotype

WW-1854-T002539
Untitled (Portrait of Man)

Untitled (Portrait of Man)

1854 · Daguerreotype

WW-1854-097591

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Year
1851
Dimensions
visible: 8.3 x 7 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.) each
Watts ID
WW-1850-T002296

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Artist

John Adams Whipple

John Adams Whipple

Photography

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