22 September 2006 – 19 November 2006

Incunabula of a New Era. The Pioneers of Daguerreotype in Austria.

The new technique of Daguerreotype, presented to the public in Paris in 1839, aroused international attention and entailed a feverish preoccupation with what was also called “illuminated pictures”. In Austria the chemist and physicist Andreas von Ettinghausen was the first to employ the new medium.

Address

Albertina
Albertinaplatz 1
1010 Wien
phone +43 1 53 48 30
http://www.Albertina.at

Opening Hours

Monday-Sunday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Wednesday till 9 p.m.

Description of the Museum

The Albertina accommodates one of the largest and most precious graphic art collections in the world. There are drawings and prints dating from all major epochs, ranging from late gothic to contemporanean art.

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