Synonyms of daguerreotype

daguerreotype

noun

as in photograph

an old type of photographic image that was made on a piece of silver or a piece of copper covered in silver

The exhibit includes a series of fascinating daguerreotypes from the Civil War.

Related Words

• photograph
• photo
• tintype
• sepia
• ferrotype
• monochrome
• print
• snapshot
• pic
• enlargement
• still
• shot
• snap
• blowup
• close-up
• telephoto

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of daguerreotype

And the massive collection of photographic plates the Harvard Computers used in their work began with a July 17, 1850 daguerreotype of the star Vega. — Kiona N. Smith, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025

Developing a daguerreotype is an involved process, notes Ann Shumard, senior curator of photographs at the National Portrait Gallery. — Kaila Philo, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025

Ezekial Hawkins opened the city’s first daguerreotype studio on Third Street in 1841, just two years after the process was developed. — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 16 Feb. 2025

Staring back in the daguerreotypes was Renty, who appeared to be about 70 at the time. — Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2023