Daguerreotype Collection (page 6)

Louis Daguerre (1787-1851), French photographer, 1900. Although he was also an artist and a chemist, Daguerre is most famous for his invention of the Daguerreotype process of photography

Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre, French artist and chemist, (c1924). Daguerre (1787-1851) is recognized for his invention of the Daguerreotype process of photography

Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin, Russian playwright, 1850. Sukhovo-Kobylin (1817-1903) was the author of a trilogy of satirical plays on corruption in the Russian judicial system, Krechinskys Wedding

Throne Hall in the Moscow Kremlin, Russia, 1861. Artist: Wilhelm Schneider
Throne Hall in the Moscow Kremlin, Russia, 1861. Stereoscopic Daguerreotype. The Grand Kremlin Palace was the Moscow residence of the Tsars of Russia

Countess Maria Nikolayevna Volkonskaya, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia, 1845. Artist: Alfred Davignon
Countess Maria Nikolayevna Volkonskaya, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia, 1845. Maria Volkonskaya (1805-1863) was the wife of Count Sergey Volkonsky

Count Sergey Volkonsky, Russian soldier and Decembrist rebel, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia, 1845. Artist: Alfred Davignon
Count Sergey Volkonsky, Russian soldier and Decembrist rebel, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia, 1845. A Major-General in the Russian army

The Brothers Grimm, German authors, 1847. Artist: Hermann Biow
The Brothers Grimm, German authors, 1847. Wilhelm (1786-1859) and Jakob Grimm (1785-1863), famous for their fairy tales and work in linguistics. From a private collection

Alexander von Humboldt, German author, naturalist and explorer, 1847. Artist: Hermann Biow
Alexander von Humboldt, German author, naturalist and explorer, 1847. Humboldts (1769-1859) interests included geophysics, geology and botany and he is sometimes called the founder of ecology

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