1853 REPORT ON LEVI L. HILL'S "ALLEGED DISCOVERY IN HELIOCHROME"
In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1853 ... The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the Memorial of Levi L. Hill, in reference to his alleged discovery in Heliochrome, or Sun Painting.
Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1853.
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32d Congress, 2d Session, Senate Rep. Com. Doc. No. 427. 2pp. 8vo. 1853 REPORT ON LEVI L. HILL'S "ALLEGED DISCOVERY IN HELIOCHROME" Disbound. WFG/10/3/22/Box 1.
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An important document in American photographic history, discussing the patent for the invention of color photography. Levi L. Hill was a daguerreian photographer, working in Westkill, New York (1850-1851) and New York City (1853-1854) and was a co-editor of Humphrey's Daguerreian Journal (until October of 1851). He is also the author of Photographic Researches and Manipulations, including the author's former treatise on Daguerreotype. In 1856 he published his Treatise on Heliochromy to counter claims that his process was fraudulent.
