Cincinnati Panorama of 1848 (definitive)
Charles H. Fontayne (1814–1901) and William Southgate Porter (1822–1889)
Taken on 24 September 1848 at 1:55pm
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit line
- Public Library of Cinninnati and Hamilton County
- Rights
- Public domain, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed
About this work
Panorama of 2 miles of the riverfront of Cincinnati, Ohio, consisting of 8 full plate daguerreotypes. Taken from a rooftop in Newport, Kentucky. It is the largest daguerreotype scene of its age, and the oldest surviving example of a North American cityscape.