The early American daguerreotype: cross-currents in art and technology

Introduction

"Rembrandt perfected": the art, science, and technology of Samuel F. B. Morse

"All nature shall be henceforth its own painter": the intersection of art and daguerreotyping

"We will not bore our readers with any more chemistry": science and the daguerreotype

"The American process": the daguerreotype and technology

Conclusion.