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Robert Cornelius, The Artists

Robert Cornelius was a U.S. Photographer born on March 1, 1809. Cornelius contributed to the Early Photography movement and died on August 10, 1893.

Self-portrait, Robert Cornelius

Self-portrait 1839

View of intersection of Eighth Street and Market Street, Philadelphia, Robert Cornelius

View of intersection of Eighth Street and Market Street, Philadelphia 1840

Nicéphore Niépce, The ArtistsPortrait of Nicéphore Niépce

Nicéphore Niépce

The inventor of Photography

1765 – 1833
Alice Austen, The ArtistsPortrait of Alice Austen

Alice Austen

1866 – 1952
Félix Nadar, The ArtistsPortrait of Félix Nadar

Félix Nadar

Photographer, novelist... balloonist?

1820 – 1910
18011900

Honoré Daumier

James Nasmyth

Robert Cornelius

Charles Darwin

Théodore Rousseau

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