Image: 1839 Self-portrait by Robert Cornelius (cropped)
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Description: Self-portrait daguerreotype made by Robert Cornelius (1809 - 1893), probably in October or November 1839. Made with an improvised camera obscura. Exposure time around 10 minutes. Believed to be the first successful photographic self-portrait ever made in North America.
Title: 1839 Self-portrait by Robert Cornelius (cropped)
Credit: Stapp, W. (1983). Robert Cornelius - portraits from the dawn of Photography. National Portrait Gallery.
Author: Robert Cornelius
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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