An inside look at daguerreotype conservation

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Published 2015-12-21

Behind the scenes. Fifteen rare daguerreotypes from Library and Archives Canada’s collection were stabilized and treated for the Mirrors with Memory exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, from September 5, 2015 to February 28, 2016.

All Comments (9)

@danwallach8826 2 years ago

Irreplaceable! Thank you for your great work!
@Mandemics 4 years ago

Thank you! I shared this with my History of Photography class.
@justicegear85 5 years ago

This is awesome! Thanks for the upload!
@christopherwilliams1604 10 months ago

Just to correct you - the Daguerreotype process was not free to use in England and it's colonies. A costly licence was required - this slowed the uptake of the process in the U. K. As A compared to the uptake in the U.S.A. and virtually everywhere else.
@francapascoe7822 2 years ago

Awesome
@rafalmichalszaton9263 1 year ago

💚
@shuttlefeather 4 years ago

The daguerreotype was NOT invented in 1839. 1839 was the year that a public meeting was held and the process revealed to the world. The invention was probably three or four years prior to 1839. See "The Silver Canvas".
@goognamgoognw6637 6 years ago

It's good that you preserve a French invention. Now you should give back Acadia that you stole from the Acadians French and give half of canada, not just Quebec back to French Canadians. I am not canadian in case you wonder.