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Title Of Article Chaper
The preservation of daguerreotypes
Title Of Journal Book
Preprints of papers presented at the ninth annual meeting of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 27-31 May 1981
Volume
9
Pages
164-172
Publisher
American Institute for Conservation
Publisher City
Washington, DC
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
American institute for conservation of historic and artistic works annual meeting. 9.
Meeting City
Philadelphia
Abstract
The composition and morphology of well preserved Daguerreotype images and several commonly observed types of deterioration are described, showing deterioration to be far more complex than the formation of silver sulfide films previously assumed. A variety of possible treatments is considered.
Keywords
Photography, metal daguerreotype; Photography, metal daguerreotype conservation
pub_id
555
Meeting Date
19810527-19810531