Daguerreotypes in Public Collections in Hungary - An Exhibition in the Museum of Labour Movements

The daguerreotype marked a milestone in the history of photography. After its presentation to the public in Paris in 1839, the daguerreotype spread rapidly also in Hungary. Among the daguerreotypes especially the ones portraying politicians and officers of the Hungarian revolution and war of independence of 1848-49 are of outstanding importance. Art collectors and museologists know twenty-eight nu…