File:1855-daguerrotype-familyphoto-joke-Punch.gif

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Description Two-panel cartoon on the vagaries of early photography, published in the Punch's Almanack for 1855. Caption to top panel: "Interesting group posed for a Daguerrotype by a friend of the family". Caption to bottom panel: "Interesting and valuable result" (the family photograph has actually turned out horribly).
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Source Punch's Almanack for 1855 (which would have been published in late 1854)
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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current16:15, 5 December 2006Thumbnail for version as of 16:15, 5 December 2006693 × 1,276 (213 KB)Churchh (talk | contribs)An 1854 two-panel cartoon on the vagaries of early photography, published in the ''Punch's Almanack for 1855''. Caption to top panel: "Interesting group posed for a Daguerrotype by a friend of the family". Caption to bottom panel: "Interesting and valua

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