Apr 18, 2013 - Sale 2311
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Sale 2311 - Lot 25

Unsold
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
(PETER COOPER)
Half-plate daguerreotype of Peter Cooper * Half-plate daguerreotype of an engraving of "The [Cooper] Union," by Samuel Root. Together, 2 photographs, the first with gilt-tinting in Cooper's eyeglasses, and the second with Root's imprint on the mat; each is in a leather case, separated at hinge. Circa 1850
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Peter Cooper (1791-1883) was an American industrialist, entrepreneur, inventor and philanthropist, who founded The Union, which was later known as Cooper Union. A laborer's son who achieved greatness despite a lack of formal education, he believed that education should be "as free as water and air" and envisioned the Union as one of the first colleges to offer a free education to working-class children and to women. His contributions ranged from the design of America's first steam engine and the laying of the first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable, to the invention of instant gelatin to which his wife Sarah added fruit and created the world's first Jell-O dessert.