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.
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Recent Examples of daguerreotype
Creating a daguerreotype was a delicate, sometimes painstaking process that involved several chemical treatments and variable exposure times.
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Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2025
The settlement ends a 15-year battle between Lanier and the university to release the 19th-century daguerreotypes, a precursor to modern-day photographs.
—Arkansas Online, 30 May 2025
Harvard University is set to donate fifteen daguerreotypes of enslaved people to the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, settling a lawsuit brought by a descendant of two of the people portrayed in the photos.
—News Desk, Artforum, 29 May 2025
The show’s charting of the technical and scientific refinements that led from unique daguerreotypes to reproducible cartes de visite and stereographs help ground what could have been a dry and academic exhibition in a sense of discovery.
—Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
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Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2025
The settlement ends a 15-year battle between Lanier and the university to release the 19th-century daguerreotypes, a precursor to modern-day photographs.
—Arkansas Online, 30 May 2025
Harvard University is set to donate fifteen daguerreotypes of enslaved people to the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, settling a lawsuit brought by a descendant of two of the people portrayed in the photos.
—News Desk, Artforum, 29 May 2025
The show’s charting of the technical and scientific refinements that led from unique daguerreotypes to reproducible cartes de visite and stereographs help ground what could have been a dry and academic exhibition in a sense of discovery.
—Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daguerreotype
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On Reading, a slender and elegant volume, contains sixty-six black-and-white photographs Kertész took of people engrossed in books and newspapers around the world between 1915 and 1970.—
Donna Seaman
June 18,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2025
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Police search warrant returns from DoorDash contain photographs, a list of deliveries to 1122 King Road that date back to 2019 and also a spreadsheet of communication between the person ordering the food and the DoorDash driver, the defense detailed in another filing.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
17 June 2025
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Earlier in the day, Wilde sported a light yellow silk and lace dress and gold velvet platform sandals along with a gold statement necklace while attending the festival photo call.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2025
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Nick and Stuart are the sons of Leeds United legend Eddie Gray (main photo: Stuart on the left, Eddie in the middle, Nick to the right).—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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“Daguerreotype.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daguerreotype. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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