Tsow Chaoong

Creator:

Anonymous

Published/Created:

1847

Materials:

daguerreotype

Notes:

Six plate. This daguerrotype date 1847 predates by several years whta have been thought to be the earliest surviving image made in China. It is on a slightly smaller than normal sixth plate housed in a case made for that exact size and sealed with yellow

Topics:

Photography -- China -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1911 -- (YVRC)

Culture:

Chinese

Accession Number:

photography-3526

Genre:

photographs: daguerreotypes (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Note:

Wood, John, The Daguerrotype: A Sesquicentennial Celebration, Iowa City, 1989, pl. 12

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 72294

OID:

370662

PID:

digcoll:1876614