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Impressed by light : British photographs from paper negatives, 1840-1860 / Roger Taylor ; biographical dictionary by Larry J. Schaaf in collaboration with Roger Taylor

Catalog Data

Author:
Taylor, Roger 1940-  Search this
Schaaf, Larry J (Larry John) 1947-  Search this
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 438 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 x 30 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
2007
C2007
19th century
Contents:
Photography and an age of paradox -- The formative years : the calotype in the 1840s -- The great exhibition of 1851 -- Battling patents and gaining legitimacy -- The calotype finds its place -- Subjects fit for the camera -- British sensibilities 1855-1857 -- Echoes of the grand tour -- Under an Indian sky -- Commercialism advances, the calotype declines
Topic:
Calotype--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_833405