Carl Durheim

Swiss lithographer and photographer

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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, (born 23 November 1810 in Bern, Switzerland; died 30 January 1890 in Bern, Switzerland) 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] Durheim produced many portraits of seated individuals.

* 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. ^ A Concise History of Photography by Helmut Gernsheim page 46

## External links

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Media related to Carl Durheim at Wikimedia Commons

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