Daniel Davis Jr. (1813 - 1887) was an American photographer, daguerreotypist and ambrotypist. L’Atelier de lartiste. ... Many ambrotypes were made by unknown photographers, such as this American example of a small girl holding a flower, circa 1860. ...

In 1842 Daniel Davis Jr. patented a method for colouring daguerreotypes through electroplating, and his work was refined by Warren Thompson the following year. Electroplating is the coating of an electrically conductive item with a layer of metal using electrical current. ...

References

• Elliott, Alan. A Daguerreotype
• Union List of Artist Names, s.v. "Davis, Daniel, Jr.", cited 10 September 2006.