View from Hippolyte Fizeau’s Window in Paris

attributed to Hippolyte Fizeau, c. 1842

The daguerreotype is the earliest photographic process, capturing an image on a copper plate coated with a layer of silver. The image is unique. To make prints of it, Fizeau experimented with an etching press. First, he immersed the plate in an acid bath, which partially dissolved the surface and etched out the image. Then he inked the plate and pulled paper prints of it using an etching press.

  • Artwork typephotograph
  • Object numberRP-F-2022-92
  • Dimensionsheight 101 mm x width 153 mm, height 210 mm x width 255 mm
  • Physical characteristicsdaguerreotypie op verzilverde koperplaat