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Copying photographs and copyists


 
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Before the digital age, the "copyist" was essential to the business of photography. Explore the techniques used to reproduce, enlarge, and preserve images in the era of physical plates and paper.

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Contents

Introduction
1Copying photographs and copyists
Copying art
2Early photographs of American Folk Art from the David A. Schorsch collection
Examples
3Copying photographs and copyists: Queen Victoria Presiding at the Reopening of the Reconstructed Crystal Palace at Sydenham (Daguerreotype - Albumen print)
4Copying photographs and copyists: Portraits (Daguerreotype - Carte de visite)
5Copying photographs and copyists: Portraits of Anne L. Gilles (Daguerreotype - Cabinet card)
6Copying photographs and copyists: Portraits of an old woman (Daguerreotype - Tintype)
7Copying photographs and copyists: Portraits of young girl (Carte de visite - Tintype)
8Washington Irving (1783–1859)

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