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Early photographs: Daguerreotypes
The striking portrait on the right, offered by Dennis A. Waters Fine Daguerreotypes, of Exeter, New Hampshire, is of one R. F. Jameson, who was a month short of his twentieth birthday when he sat before an unknown daguerreotypist’s camera in Montrose, Pennsylvania, in October 1846. We know nothing more about him, but his image certainly grabs you. First there are the captivating eyes (the liveliness of the eyes is characteristic of most daguerreotype portraits). Then there is the startling clarity of the determined face, which, framed by long hair, seems remarkably modern, not to mention lifelike, thanks also to the superb hand-tinting. Indeed, this exceptional clarity is part of the daguerreotype’s hypnotic appeal. “As a professional photographer, I have to say that Daguerre’s invention achieved a sharpness that has never been surpassed in photographic history,” Waters says.
. good morning, maryland. now don scott. marty bass. and the latest breaking news. your first warning weather and traffic with sharon gibalaa gibalaa. you are looking at the fog forming. the middle branch of the river in the view behind there. we have the land based traffic. i want to see where this fog is or is not. we will look at this. warm and humid right now. should be 45. in the mid-60s and now almost 23 degrees. plus a lunch of 83. the normal is 68. 15 above normal. we are still going to be just shy of 80 degrees at dinner time and we have the funnel boundary up to the north. we are on the summer-like side of it. what it means to your forecast. a lot of places you will be motoring through. here is traffic control. you will see we have a few stents to tell you about as well. new one on i-95. and this one approaching white marsh boulevard. and one more here and into a poll with wires down. and between church road and lynch road. take it as your alte