Daguerreotypes are widely regarded as the most detailed and the most beautiful of all photographs, their life-like clarity is astonishing. Daguerreotypes were invented in 1837 by a Frenchman, Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, and revealed to the world in 1839 when the French government gave him a lifetime pension in exchange for his agreement to not patent them. You will be able to recognize a Daguerreotype because they are shiny, and reflect like mirrors. {you can actually see yourself in one!}

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