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  • DRAPER, John William (1811-1882). [Great Sympathetic Nerve]. Quarter-plate daguerreotype, 2¾ X 2¼ inches, in contemporary leather case. Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, mid-19th century.
    Oct. 05, 2007

    DRAPER, John William (1811-1882). [Great Sympathetic Nerve]. Quarter-plate daguerreotype, 2¾ X 2¼ inches, in contemporary leather case. Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, mid-19th century.

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    DRAPER, John William (1811-1882). [Great Sympathetic Nerve]. Quarter-plate daguerreotype, 2¾ X 2¼ inches, in contemporary leather case. Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, mid-19th century. Draper's daguerreotype is a photographic reproduction of an anatomical image by Jean Baptiste François Leveillé (1769-1829) that Draper later used as the basis for a woodcut of the great sympathetic nerve reproduced on p. 348 in his treatise on Human Physiology (New York, 1856). The image is probably among the first uses of photography to copy an anatomical image. Draper, a physician and professor of chemistry and physiology, was among the first to use Daguerre's process in America, and he also improved upon Daguerre's process. He is credited with taking some of the earliest photographic portraits known, as early as 1839. Draper also made the first photographs of the moon (1839-40). His Human Physiology was the first American book with medical illustrations from photographs, of which this image is one example. Burns, Early Medical Photography in America (1983) pp. 943, 1264.

    Christie's
  • DRAPER, JOHN W.
    Oct. 14, 2006

    DRAPER, JOHN W.

    Est: $200 - $300

    458. JOHN W. DRAPER (1811-1882) American scientist and pioneer daguerreotypist, considered the "father of American photography"; he made the first successful portrait daguerreotype, and the first photographs of the moon; for a while, was in partnership with Samuel Finley Breese Morse; made important contributions in the fields of radiant energy, photochemistry, and electric telegraphy. Choice partly-printed D.S. "Jno. W. Draper", 1 p. oblong narrow 4to. (2-3/4 in. x 7-1/4 in.), New York City, June 23, 1879, a bank check drawn on the "North River Bank" and made payable "F. Kinder" for "Twenty one 56/100" dollars. Accomplished entirely in his hand and boldly signed at the conclusion. Closed slash cancellation, not touching signature. Revenue stamp at far left initialed "JWD." Endorsed by Kinder and others on verso. In very good condition. $200-300

    Alexander Historical Auctions LLC
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