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Question

Frances is a photographer who lived back in 1839 and enjoyed the popularity of the daguerreotype photographic process. He had a client who requested two copies of a portrait photograph that Frances was taking. What did Frances likely have to do to accomplish this?

repeat the process and attempt to replicate the initial image

create a hand-drawn copy of the first photograph

prop the client up in order to keep him immobile for 48 hours

set up two cameras side by side

Answer 1

To accomplish the client's request for two copies of a portrait photograph using the daguerreotype process, Frances likely had to repeat the process and attempt to replicate the initial image. The daguerreotype method did not allow for multiple prints from one negative, so he would need to set up and expose another plate to create a second copy of the original photograph.