Carl Durheim

Swiss lithographer and photographer

Self-portrait of Carl Durheim next to a camera on the table (circa 1850), hand-colored calotype

Carl Durheim, also known as Karl Durheim and Charles Durheim, (23 November 1810 – 30 January 1890) was a Swiss lithographer and an early photographer. He began working with daguerreotype in 1845 and changed to a paper printing process in 1849.[1] Between 1852 and 1853 Durheim created a series of photos of itinerants for the Swiss police, which is the earliest remaining collection of police photography.[2] Durheim produced many portraits of seated individuals.

Durheim was born in Bern, Switzerland. He died there on 30 January 1890.

* Lithograph of the Aargau, Solothurn, & Basel canton

* Postmortem of a Child, hand-colored daguerreotype (circa 1852)

* Lithograph of the first Federal Palace in Bern, built 1852–57, now the west wing of the Federal Palace.

* Joseph Körbler photographic portrait

## References

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1. ^ Gernsheim, Helmut; Gernsheim, Alison (1971). A concise history of photography. The world of art library General (2. printing, rev ed.). London: Thames and Hudson. p. 46\. ISBN 978-0-500-20034-6.
2. ^ Meier, Thomas Dominik; Wolfensberger, Rolf (1998). "Police photography of Swiss itinerants 1852–53". History of Photography. 22 (3): 278–281\. doi:10.1080/03087298.1998.10443890. ISSN 0308-7298.

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Media related to Carl Durheim at Wikimedia Commons

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