The popularity of daguerreotype photographs was because they could provide portrait pictures far quicker than the traditional oil painting.
Also the growth of the middle class, with artistic pretensions and the cash to spend, led to growth in demand for portraits.
But the cost of a photo was very high, exceeding £800 at today' prices.
As well as the expense there were other problems with daguerreotype photographs.
Copies of these photos were difficult to produce and they were also fragile, meaning that as well as costing a small fortune they could be easily destroyed.
The solution to this problem was to be handed to the chemists who sought to improve the process of producing photographs.
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