Marcus Aurelius Root

Marcus Aurelius Root (1808–1888) was a writing teacher and photographer. He was born in Granville, Ohio and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1][2][3]

Half-plate daguerreotype of Phineas Taylor Barnum and Charles Sherwood Stratton (PT Barnum and General Tom Thumb) circa 1850by Samuel Root

On 20 June 1846, he bought John Jabez Edwin Mayall's Chestnut Street photography studio that was in the same building as Root's residence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Root had success as a daguerreotypist working with his brother, Samuel Root. The Root Brothers had a gallery in New York City from 1849 to 1857.[4]

Marcus Aurelius Root authored an important book on photography entitled The Camera and the Pencil.

References
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  2. "Marcus Aurelius Root". The Library Company. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  3. Granville Times (April 27, 1888). "Marcus Aurelius Root Obituary". Genealogy.com. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  4. "M.A. Root". J. Paul Getty Museum. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
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