Announcement of the First Photographic Prints Made in America

"[Invention of the Daguerreotype] The United States Magazine and Democratic Review",

This is the June 1839 issue of the Democratic Review and includes a two page article (pages 611-612) on "Photogenic Drawing." Gives an update on photogenic developments and announces that Professor Locke of the Medical College of Ohio in Cincinnati has invented a photogenic process with specimens that “look as though they had been most carefully engraved.” The article refers to John Locke who is credited with making the first photographic prints in America. John Locke was an accomplished inventor and pioneer in American photography. In May, 1839 “he produced the first American ‘photogenic drawing’, on paper, and in the summer of 1847 he assisted Ezekiel C. Hawkins with the first photograph on glass.” (Source: Haverstock, Mary S. et al., Artists in Ohio, 1787-1900 A Biographical Dictionary. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2000, p. 534). 96 pages. Octavo with original pictorial wrappers.

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Condition: B+

Text is bright with occasional light foxing. Wrappers are toned with some minor edge chips.