Portrait of Dorothy Catherine Draper, Dr. John W. Draper

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Dr. John W. Draper, Portrait of Dorothy Catherine Draper
Dr. John W. Draper, Portrait of Dorothy Catherine Draper
Dr. John W. Draper
Portrait of Dorothy Catherine Draper
1840
Dr. John W. Draper
Portrait of Dorothy Catherine Draper, 1840
Where object was made: unknown
Material/technique: daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 10.2 x 8.3 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 4 1/2 x 3 1/4 in
Credit line: indefinite loan from Kansas State Historical Society
Accession number: 1971.0148
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: “Conversation IV: Construction/Destruction,” Nov-2008, Bertram Lyons The Draper daguerreotype is the earliest surviving extant photographic portrait in the world. A 1933 attempt to improve the quality of the image completely obliterated all traces of the portrait. In 1970, James Enyeart was able to revive the image to approximately fifty percent of its density prior to that 1933 treatment.