Germon’s Sea of Tents Background
By Buck Zaidel and Ronald S. Coddington Philadelphia, the second-largest urban center (behind New York City) in the United States in 1860, was a major hub of photography. Daguerreian pioneers
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A U.S. Army Assistant Surgeon in Profile
Marcus Aurelius Root, renowned Philadelphia photographer and author of the 1864 treatise and handbook, The Camera and the Pencil; or the Heliographic Art, created this portrait of a U.S. Army
Marcus Aurelius Root Wrote a Photographers’ Handbook in 1864. It Includes 6 Tips That Can Help You Better Appreciate 19th Century Portraits.
By Ronald S. Coddington Pioneer daguerreotypist Marcus Aurelius Root is respected for his portraits of notable Americans taken in his Philadelphia and New York City galleries. He is also noted