STYLIZED PHOTOGRAPH OF A PHOTOGRAPH OF A DAGUERREOTYPE. As of this date, the above 18•• daguerreotype has not been disassembled. This procedure to be conducted later by a qualified authority, with the entirety of the endeavor carefully filmed. Consequently, as of this date, the glass on the front of the intact daguerreotype has not been internally cleaned. This condition currently impedes the clarity of the provided images but does not proclude the identification of the persons photographed. Additionally, the images presented on this website were reproduced with an Android phone camera and are consequently compiled on JPEG and MPEG files. These files use a form of lossy compression to reduce storage size, resulting in a small portion of their digital information being discarded. When an image or a video is respectively converted to a JPEG or an MPEG file, and the file is then transferred and uploaded to a website, it undergoes further degradation in clarity. This occurs because the described digital processing is designed to optimize storage and loading speeds in exchange for less optimal image representation. Again, this condition slightly impedes the clarity of the provided images but does not preclude the identification of the persons photographed. Furthermore, this website is formatted to be viewed on a computer tablet. The tablet version formulates the images (particularly the videos) in their intended manner. Lastly, there are invaluable reasons for temporarily withholding the straight-on view of the 18•• daguerreotype: there is erroneous history to be examined, imperative photographic apparatuses and techniques to be understood, and specific era customs to come to terms with. Certainly the reader can proceed straight to the image and begin drawing uninformed conclusions, but this will not be to their advantage.
