biographie de Robert CORNELIUS (1809-1893)

Addresses: Philadelphia, PA

Profession: Daguerreotypist

Comments: One of the earliest practioners of the daguerreotype (1839-42). His self-portrait, shot in November, 1839, may be the earliest known photograph of a human being.

Sources: Welling, 14; Newhall, The Daguerreotype in America, 42