The price of a daguerreotype, at the height of its popularity in the early 1850s, ranged from 25 cents for a sixteenth plate (of 1 5/8 inches by 1 3/8 inches) to 50 cents for a low-quality picture factory likeness to $2 for a medium-sized portrait at Matthew Bradys Broadway studio.

How much were daguerreotypes 1855?

It was taken in about 1855. How much did it cost? The cost of a quarter-plate daguerreotype including a case had halved by late 1850s to about 11 shillings.

How old is the oldest photograph?

The oldest surviving photograph of the image formed in a camera was created by Niépce in 1826 or 1827.