La Daguerreotypomanie lithographic print
As you may well imagine a societal upheaval took place when the French government revealed to the world Daguerre’s process for capturing the world on a silver plate. Because the process was so new and revolutionary, the term “La Daguerreotypomanie” was coined to explain the eagerness of everyone to either create Daguerreotypes or have their portrait made. The French were witnessing the birth of an industry and a new art form at the same moment.
Engraver Théodore Maurisset created the piece, “La Daguerreotypomanie” in 1839 to show the effect of the Daguerreotype on the French at the time; the piece is delightful.
You can order a high quality reprint directly from The Daguerreian Society or you can download your very own 49MB(!) scan of the original file from the Library of Congress if you’re so inclined as to print it yourself.
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