Daguerreotype is eald lēohtbiliþ cynn geƿrohted æfter Louis Daguerran geƿeorce.
Daguerre begann þis þing in 1839, and hit ƿæs se ǣrresta lēohtbiliþcræft gesƿutelod þǣm gemǣne folce and brāde genytted. His yld endod in þǣm gearum æfter 1860 siþþan gebēted lēohtbiliþcræftas hine folgedon.
Daguerreotypan bilið is geƿeorcen on gebonedum sylfrenum brede, oftost on Sheaffeld clūte.