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Software, E-Resource Dataset from Robert Cornelius Daguerreotype Database Project

[ 2020-07-13 dataset ]

About this Item

Title

  • Dataset from Robert Cornelius Daguerreotype Database Project

Names

  • Wetzel, Rachel K., compiler
  • National Endowment for the Humanities, sponsor

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2019

Contents

  • Robert Cornelius Database (Microsoft Access .accd). -- Robert Cornelius Database, 301 images (Image files low resolution .TIF). -- Read me document (PDF file). -- About this project document (PDF file). -- How to use the database document (PDF file). -- Image file nomenclature document (PDF file). -- Robert Cornelius timeline document (PDF file). -- Powerpoint screen shots document (PDF file). -- CSV file document (Microsoft Exel .csv)

Headings

  • -  Cornelius, Robert,--1809-1893
  • -  Daguerreotype--United States

Genre

  • Daguerreotypes--1840-1850
  • Data sets

Notes

  • -  "This dataset was created by Rachel K. Wetzel between January 1, 2017 and June of 2019 as part of a National Endowment for the Humanities Research and Development Grant. It is to be used for educational purposes."--README file
  • -  "The objective of this project was to locate, examine, and uniformly photograph all of the known daguerreotype plates made by Robert Cornelius during his time as a portrait photographer in Philadelphia between the years of 1839 and 1843. The purpose of this was to gain a better understanding of the changes made to Louis Jacque Mande Daguerre's original formula for making the daguerreotype through one cohesive body of work from the experimental era of photography. Cornelius was specifically identified because his daguerreotype portraits have distinct attributes and he worked through all of the major changes made to the daguerreotype process during the first three years of its public use. Additionally, he and his silent partner, Paul Beck Goddard, introduced the first use of bromine as an accelerant which shortened the sitting time, thus making the daguerreotype process viable for portraiture."--About this project
  • -  Title devised by the cataloger

Medium

  • Online resource (dataset)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • TR365

Repository

  • s-Online Electronic Resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019667241

Online Format

  • compressed data

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Digital Collections Management and Services Division

Cite This Item

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Chicago citation style:

National Endowment For The Humanities, Sponsor. Dataset from Robert Cornelius Daguerreotype Database Project. composeds by Wetzel, Rachel K.Iler Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 2019. Software, E-Resource. https://www.loc.gov/item/2019667241/.

APA citation style:

National Endowment For The Humanities, S. (2019) Dataset from Robert Cornelius Daguerreotype Database Project. Wetzel, R. K. I., comp Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. [Software, E-Resource] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2019667241/.

MLA citation style:

National Endowment For The Humanities, Sponsor. Dataset from Robert Cornelius Daguerreotype Database Project. comp by Wetzel, Rachel K.Iler Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 2019. Software, E-Resource. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2019667241/>.