Human milk. Photomicrograph by Léon Foucault, 1844.

  • Foucault, Léon, 1819-1868.
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1844
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578796i
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1844

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1 photograph : daguerreotype photomicrograph, silver on copper ; sheet 12.5 x 9.3 cm

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Fait par Léon Foucault en Août 1844, signé Lettering (curatorial) on mount verso states that "femme ordinaire" is inscribed on plate verso Lettering on mount verso

References note

Julia Bärnighausen und Christiane Stahl, 'Von Froschzungen und Blutkörperchen: Léon Foucaults Mikro-Daguerreotypien auf der Spur', Rundbrief Fotografie, 2020, 27(2): 8-21 (this work listed on p. 15)

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Wellcome Collection 578796i

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