GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The chemical element mercury is toxic to humans. Early photographers used mercury as part of the daguerreotype process. It reacts with silver to produce the image.
Excerpt from
- Label text, The Lens of Impressionism: Photography and Painting Along the Normandy Coast, 1850-1874, 2016.
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Passage taken from Through the Lens exhibition materials (Looking at Early Photographs, Materials and Processes Glossary) on TAZ:
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The photograph shows the element Mercury melted down into a liquid.
Source: GNU Free Documentation License Version 2.1 or Later, Wikimedia Commons, accessed August 3, 2016.
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General Description
The chemical element mercury is toxic to humans. Early photographers used mercury as part of the daguerreotype process. It reacts with silver to produce the image.
Excerpt from
- Label text, The Lens of Impressionism: Photography and Painting Along the Normandy Coast, 1850-1874, 2016.
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Notes
Passage taken from Through the Lens exhibition materials (Looking at Early Photographs, Materials and Processes Glossary) on TAZ:
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