The image was taken by Louis Daguerre who invented the Daguerreotype – one of the earliest methods of photography.
In 1829, he began working with Louis Daguerre to improve photography. Together they developed the "Physical Carbon Printing Method," which uses lavender oil.
Starting in 1829 he began collaborating on improved photographic processes with Louis Daguerre, and together they developed the physautotype, a process that used lavender oil.
