James Hyatt Inhaling Chlorine Gas, Peter Welling, 1850–55

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James Hyatt Inhaling Chlorine Gas, 1850–55, Daguerreotype, Image: 2 11/16 × 2 3/16 in. ( × cm); visible, Photographs, Peter Welling (American, active c. 1850s), Between 1850 and 1859 Welling operated a daguerreotype portrait studio at 226 Bleecker Street in New York City. No ordinary likeness, this daguerreotype (a unique silver image on a copper plate) of James Hyatt served as the basis for an engraving in his textbook for schoolchildren 'The Elements of Chemistry' (1855

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Size: 3995px × 4561px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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