Daguerre Memorial
Daguerre Memorial in 2010
Artist	Jonathan Scott Hartley
Medium	Bronze and granite
Movement	Sculpture
Location	Washington, D.C.

TheDaguerre Memorial is a bronze and granite sculpture byJonathan Scott Hartley inWashington, D.C.^[1] It was erected in memory ofLouis Daguerre.

Erected at the instigation of thePhotographers Association of America, a worldwide trade association of professional photographers, the Daguerre Memorial was dedicated on 15 August 1890 at theArts and Industries Building. It was later moved outside, where it remained from 1897 to 1969, when it was removed and placed in storage to allow for the construction of theHirshhorn Museum.^[2]

The 11-foot-tall (3.4 m) memorial was relocated and was rededicated in 1989, the 150th anniversary year of photography.^[3][4] It is outside theOld Patent Office Building, now home to theSmithsonian American Art Museum and theNational Portrait Gallery, on7th Street N.W., near F Street, in Washington.^[5]

The figure was cast by theHenry-Bonnard Bronze Company of New York.

The inscriptions read:

(Front of granite base, just below bust:)

DAGUERRE

(Side of granite base:)

PHOTOGRAPHY, THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, AND THE STEAM ENGINE ARE THE THREE GREAT DISCOVERIES OF THE AGE. NO FIVE CENTURIES IN HUMAN PROGRESS CAN SHOW SUCH STRIDES AS THESE.

(Side of granite base:)

TO COMMEMORATE THE FIRST HALF-CENTURY IN PHOTOGRAPHY 1839–1889. ERECTED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA AUG. 1890.

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