Pierre-Ambroise Richebourg
Portrait of Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Portrait of Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre
Datec. 1844, printed c. 1860
MediumAlbumen silver print copy of a daguerreotype
DimensionsImage: 4 7/16 × 3 3/16 in. (11.3 × 8.1 cm)
Sheet: 4 7/16 × 3 3/16 in. (11.3 × 8.1 cm)
Mount: 7 7/8 × 5 1/2 in. (20 × 13.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors
Object number2022.215
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description


This iconic portrait of the French inventor of photography, Louis Daguerre, bears the blind stamp of Pierre-Ambroise Richebourg, who was among the first and most successful professional photogra­phers, having received instruction directly from Daguerre. Here, dressed in gentlemanly attire and decorated as an officer in the Legion of Honor, Daguerre poses with an air of self-assurance before the camera. This print reproduces a daguerreotype of the inventor, the authorship of which is unclear.



ProvenanceGeorges Sirot, Paris; [...]; [Galerie Lumière des roses, Montreuil, France]; purchased by MFAH, 2022.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black ink, mount, bottom center: Daguerre
Blind stamp, mount, bottom center: RICHEBOURG // PHOTOGRAPHE // A PARIS

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