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PREFACE

PREFACE Footnotes

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PREFACE

PREFACE Footnotes

INTO THE LIGHT: Introduction

INTO THE LIGHT: 1--Morse in Paris

INTO THE LIGHT: 2--Draper in Virginia

INTO THE LIGHT: 3--Draper, Morse, et. al., in New York City

INTO THE LIGHT: 4--Early Daguerreian work of Draper and Goode

INTO THE LIGHT: 5--Draper's second portrait lens

INTO THE LIGHT: 6--The Plate box and image "H"

INTO THE LIGHT: 7--Plate box image "I"

INTO THE LIGHT: 8--Plate box image "J"

INTO THE LIGHT: 9--Draper's third portrait lens

INTO THE LIGHT: 10--Morse's winter experiments

INTO THE LIGHT: 11--Draper's fourth portrait lens & plate box image "K"

INTO THE LIGHT: 12--Draper's fourth portrait lens & plate box image "L"

INTO THE LIGHT: 13--Subsequent work of Draper and Morse

INTO THE LIGHT: 14--Plate box image "A"

INTO THE LIGHT: 15--Conclusions

INTO THE LIGHT: FULL Version

INTO THE LIGHT: FULL footnotes

THE FACE OF JOHN WILLIAM DRAPER
compared to Plate "H"

THE FACE OF THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN 
compared to Plate "I"

THE FACE OF SAMUEL MORSE 
compared to Plate "J"

THE FACE OF SAMUEL MORSE 
compared to the daguerreotype in the Draper Collection 
of the Smithsonian Institution

APPENDIX 1:
A recapituation and summary of the plates.
FULL version

APPENDIX 1:
Plate box image A

APPENDIX 1:
Plate box images B, C, & D

APPENDIX 1:
Plate box images E, F, & G

APPENDIX 1:
Plate box images H & I

APPENDIX 1:
Plate box image J

APPENDIX 1:
Plate box images K & L

APPENDIX 1:
Image M

SLIDE SHOW SUMMARY

Credits to illustrations used in text

GLOSSARY

LIKENESS
an essay on the SYNCHRONICITY
surrounding the plate box of early daguerreotypes

"The Most Famous Daguerreian Portrait: Exploring the History of the DOROTHY CATHERINE DRAPER DAGUERREOTYPE
A copy of an article as published in The Daguerreian Annual 1995, 148-71

"IT WAS I WHO TOOK THE FIRST An Investigation Into Professor Robert Taft's Assessment of Whether Dr. John William Draper Took the First Portrait"
A copy of an article as published in The Daguerreian Annual 1996, 70-100.

"DAGUERREIAN TREASURES at the Smithsonian Institution,"
A copy of an article as published in The Daguerreian Annual 1996, 252-60.