Print: La Daguerreotypomanie, 1840
Print: La Daguerreotypomanie, 1840
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  • Title: La Daguerreotypomanie, 1840
  • Description: French cartoon about the rush to try photography after Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre revealed his process in 1839. Print shows long lines of people waiting to be photographed and others eager to support the craze by providing training and a vast array of photographic equipment. Several men hanging from gallows, "Potences a louer pour MM les graveurs," represent the death of art in the birth of photography. A balloon hovers in the air with a large camera as its basket.
  • Creator: Maurisset, Th?odore, artist
  • Subjects: Balloons (Aircraft)--1840, Cameras--1840, Photographers--France--1840, Photography--France--1840, Queues--France--1840
  • Collection: Tissandier Collection. The collection contains items documenting the early history of aeronautics with an emphasis on balloon flight in France and other European countries. Subjects include general and technical images of balloons, airships, and flying machines; portraits of famous balloonists; views of numerous ascensions, accidents, and world’s fairs; cartoons featuring balloon themes; pictorial and textual broadsides; and colorful ephemera and poster advertisements. There are also several hundred illustrations clipped from books and newspapers. The pictures, created by many different artists, span the years 1773 to 1910, with the bulk dating 1780-1890.
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