Impressed by light : British photographs from paper negatives, 1840-1860 / Roger Taylor ; biographical dictionary by Larry J. Schaaf in collaboration with Roger Taylor.
Published / Created:
New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; 2007.Washington : National Gallery of Art ; 2007.New Haven : Yale University Press, 2007.
Physical Description:
xiv, 438 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 x 29 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject Terms:
Calotype -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Exhibitions.
Contributors:
Schaaf, Larry J. (Larry John), 1947- | Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) | National Gallery of Art (U.S.)