Daguerreotypes at the Getty. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA) The Magazine Antiques | June 1, 1998| | COPYRIGHT 1998 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

During the first six months of its existence the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, has mounted a number of exhibitions to highlight its less well-known holdings. One of the most welcome of these is a show drawn from the museum's collection of more than two thousand daguerreotypes, which has been formed since 1984. The exhibition is entitled The Art of the Daguerreotype, and remains on view until July 12.

More than 125 of these jewel-like images are included, many of them extremely rare. The collection comprises the work of European and American photographers chiefly ...

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