John William Draper
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John William Draper was an English polymath: a scientist, philosopher, physician, chemist, historian and photographer. He is credited with pioneering portrait photography and producing one of the firs
John William Draper, c. 1879
Daguerreotype from a group of portraits believed to have been made by Draper in 1839. It is one of the few early portraits which required the subject to keep his eyes closed due to the bright light.
The earliest surviving daguerreotype of the Moon by Draper (1840)
Copy of a photograph of Dorothy Catherine Draper (1807-1901) taken by John Draper c. 1840. Plate size: 8.3×10.2 cm (3 1/4×4 in). See also another copy.
Dorothy Catherine Draper
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Dorothy Catherine Draper was an artist, educator and chemist notable for being the subject of the earliest existent daguerreotype portrait made in the United States.
John William Draper
…5, 1811, in St. Helens, Lancashire, England, to John Christopher Draper, a Wesleyan clergyman, and Sarah (Ripley) Draper. He also had three sisters, Dorothy Catherine Draper (August 6, 1807 – December 10, 1901), Elizabeth Johnson, and Sarah Ripley. On June 23, he was baptized by the Wesleyan Methodist minister Jabez Bunting…
Daguerreotype believed to show Dorothy Catherine Draper (center) in December 1839, taken by John William Draper. The man is probably Drapers assistant, William Henry Goode.
Dorothy Catherine Draper in the 1890s