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Daguerreotype

Scope note

An early photographic process producing a direct positive image on a silver-coated copper plate.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300053530

Broader Terms used

direct positive processes

Narrower Terms used

heliochromy

Equivalent Terms used

daguerreotypes

Created

13yrs ago

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