Through the Looking Glass Daguerreotype Masterworks from the Dawn of Photography

October 22 - December 31, 2016 - This exhibition comprises both cased examples, mostly American, and larger framed plates, primarily European. Rarities include artistic whole plates of Boston’s upper crust by Southworth & Hawes; one of the earliest photos of Jerusalem, an archaeological whole plate by Girault de Prangey; and an important, unpublished gold-rush daguerreotype featuring a female miner.

All the major collecting genres of daguerreotypy – landscapes, occupationals, erotic stereos, post-mortems, slavery subjects, and of course portraiture – are represented by superb, often surprising examples in this unique and memorable exhibit.