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Robert Cornelius

Portrait

Robert Cornelius was a U.S. Photographer born in 1809. Cornelius contributed to the Early Photography movement and died in 1893. Get notified when Robert Cornelius's biography is complete:

Self-portrait

1839

View of intersection of Eighth Street and Market Street, Philadelphia

1840
Portrait of Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre

Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre

Visionary promoter of photography

1787-1851
Portrait of Eadweard Muybridge

Eadweard Muybridge

A brilliant murderer studies motion

1830-1904
Portrait of Julia Margaret Cameron

Julia Margaret Cameron

1815-1879
18011900
Hard luck in the land of supernatural beauty
Peder Balke
The inventor of the steam hammer maps the moon
James Nasmyth Robert Cornelius
The art of seeing
Charles Darwin
The blasted landscapes of bad luck
Théodore Rousseau

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