He had filed for divorce in 1848, contending that she had "willfully, maliciously, and without due cause, deserted him on September 11, 1845." Kemble, who had in fact been driven away by Butler ...

Up until now, only two daguerreotypes of Chopin were known about, made between 1840 and 1845, both of them lost during World War II. Most likely, these were also created by Bisson – the owner of one ...

When Louis Daguerre presented his brand-new photographic technique in 1839, Donné leapt at the chance to modify it to capture his microscopic images to spice up his lectures to ever-growing audiences.