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The show included an 1860 lithographic portrait of the artist by Jules Lion, a popular New Orleans printmaker and daguerreotypist.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2020

No tough daguerreotypist who trundled over the Great Plains in that period could afford such scope, though from the Gold Rush on, photographers went along with the pioneers, the troops, the railroads.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I have heard," said the daguerreotypist, as he drew in his head, "that the water of Maule's well suits those flowers best."

From House of the Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

My friend went on his way, and I went to the daguerreotypist to procure a copy of the then appearance of the sky, as the first step toward its fulfillment.

From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Butler, Thomas Belden

The only youthful mind with which Phoebe had an opportunity of frequent intercourse was that of the daguerreotypist.

From House of the Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel