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

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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.