Daguerre Memorial
The Daguerre Memorial is a bronze sculpture by Jonathan Scott Hartley in Washington, D.C. It was erected in memory of Louis Daguerre.Description
Erected at the instigation of the Professional Photographers of America, a worldwide trade association of professional photographers, Daguerre Memorial was dedicated on 15 August 1890 at the Arts and Industries Building first. It was moved outside, where it remained from 1897 to 1969.
It was re-dedicated in 1989.
Daguerre Memorial is located at the Old Patent Office Building, home to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, on 7th Street N.W., Washington, D.C.
The inscriptions read:
