Untitled (Indian Chief Maungwudaus, Upper Canada)
1855
Medium
Daguerreotype
Dimensions
10.5 × 8.2 cm (4 3/16 × 3 1/4 in.); Open case: 11.8 × 19 × 1 cm (4 11/16 × 7 1/2 × 7/16 in.); Case: 11.8 × 9.5 × 1.5 cm (4 11/16 × 3 3/4 × 5/8 in.); Plate: 10.8 × 8.3 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.)
Classification
portrait
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
249873
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Donald McDonnell
**Donald McDonnell: Pioneer Daguerreotypist of the American Frontier** Donald McDonnell emerged as one of the earliest practitioners of photography in the United States during the mid-19th century, specializing in the daguerreotype process that captured the raw detail of his subjects with mirror-like precision. Active primarily in Buffalo, New York, from the late 1840s, he established himself as ...