biography of Jeremiah GURNEY (1812-1895)

Profession: Photographer

Exhibited: NYC, 1853-54 (hon. mention); Anthony Prize Competion, NYC, 1853 (1st prize)

Comments: He began as a daguerreotypist in Saratoga, NY, in 1839-40; then opened a photography gallery in NYC that vied with that of Matthew Brady for prominence from 1840-c.1865. Author: Etchings on Photography (1856).

Sources: Welling; Newhall, The Daguerreotype in America, 145