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🖼️ An old photograph 📷 Photo-making method
daguerreotypy

daguerreotypy

9.9
A picture made on a shiny metal plate using an early camera method
  • noun
  • /dəˈɡɛrəˌtɑpi/
  • Archaic
translation icon : daguerrotipo
  • Collectors value each daguerreotypy for its historical significance and unique appearance.

Examples

  • Experts carefully restored the faded daguerreotypy to reveal the faces of the people in the portrait.

  • The museum displayed several stunning daguerreotypies from the 19th century.

  • The museum displayed a rare daguerreotypy of the city's main square from 1842.

  • Have you ever seen a daguerreotypy in person?

  • The museum displayed a rare daguerreotypy of the city's main square from 1842.

  • Experts carefully restored the faded daguerreotypy to reveal the faces of the people in the portrait.

  • Collectors value each daguerreotypy for its historical significance and unique appearance.

Synonyms

ambrotype
vsdaguerreotypy
  • Archaic
9.9

An early photograph that is on a glass plate from the 1800s

uses a polished metal plate rather than glass for the positive image
calotype
vsdaguerreotypy
  • Archaic
9.9

An early way of making photographs on paper coated with chemicals that react to light

uses a polished metal plate rather than paper for the image

How Old-Fashioned

daguerreotypy
  • Archaic
9.9
photographic print
  • Specialized
1 3.1

Surface Forms

daguerreotypy singular
daguerreotypies plural

Morphology

daguerreotypy = daguerreotype (opaque) = daguerreo + type

The meaning is opaque as it relies on historical knowledge of the daguerreotype process.

Etymology

Daguerreotypy comes from the name Daguerre, the French inventor who first made this kind of photograph, and the ending -type, which means 'image' or 'impression'. So a daguerreotypy is a photograph made by Daguerre's special process, which is why these pictures are tied to that early method.