Self-portrait

Inscribed: "The first light picture ever taken. 1839."

Self-portrait, Robert Cornelius

Self-portrait, zoomed in

8.3 cm

Self-portrait scale comparison

10.8 cm

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Self-portrait is an Early Photography Daguerréotype Photographic Print created by Robert Cornelius in 1839. It lives at the Library of Congress in the United States. The image is in the Public Domain, and tagged Self-portraits. Download

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