Cromers amateur
Cromer's amateur was a photography pioneer whose identity is unknown. He was active in the 1840s and 1850s. It was named after the French photographer and collector Gabriel Cromer (1873–1934), who included the unknown amateur's photos in his collection. The approximately one hundred surviving daguerreotype plates date from 1845 to 1851. Century ".
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The Cromer Collection was sold to the Eastman Kodak Company in 1939, five years after Gabriel Cromer's death . Then it was donated to the museum in George Eastman House , founded in 1949, which still owns the daguerreotypes made by Cromers' amateur .
literature
- Therese Mulligan and David Wooters: The George Eastman House Collection, History of Photography . Taschen, Cologne 2005, ISBN 978-3-8228-4775-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Therese Mulligan and David Wooters: The George Eastman House Collection . 2005, p. 51 .
Web links
- Daguerreotypes by Cromer's Amateur George Eastman House. Retrieved December 26, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cromers amateur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Photo pioneer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th century |