Practice question · Select all that apply
Which are true of the daguerreotype?
Hints
- Three describe the daguerreotype; one describes its rival.
- The negative belongs to Talbot.
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- A. The French state bought the process and released it, except in England where it was patented
- B. Its image is laterally reversed unless a mirror or prism is used
- C. It produced a unique image that could not be reprinted from itself
Why
The fourth is Talbot's calotype. The daguerreotype is a direct positive on a silvered copper plate: unique, laterally reversed, astonishingly detailed, and a dead end as a principle precisely because there is nothing to print from.
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