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The Origins of American Photography: From Daguerreotype to Dry-Plate, 1839–1885 by Keith F. Davis, with contributions by Jane L. Aspinwall. A substantial illustrated reference exploring the formative decades of American photography through the Hallmark Photographic Collection at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
This volume connects early photographic methods with the people, landscapes, and events they recorded. Its coverage of daguerreian portraiture, Civil War photography, Western exploration, and nineteenth-century photographic practice makes it especially useful for photograph collectors, dealers, and students of American visual history.
Published in 2007 by the Hall Family Foundation in association with the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, distributed by Yale University Press. Red cloth hardcover with gilt lettering and pictorial dust jacket. Includes notes, a collection catalogue, and an index.
Very Good condition overall. Boards show light shelf wear, with a few small spots to the upper page edges. Interior pages pictured appear clean and bright. Dust jacket has surface rubbing, light scratches, and minor edge wear. Please review photographs for further condition details.
ISBN: 9780300122862.
SKU D-10
2007 Origins of American Photography 1839-1885 Keith Davis Daguerreotype HC DJ
$65.00
This volume connects early photographic methods with the people, landscapes, and events they recorded. Its coverage of daguerreian portraiture, Civil War photography, Western exploration, and nineteenth-century photographic practice makes it especially useful for photograph collectors, dealers, and students of American visual history.
Published in 2007 by the Hall Family Foundation in association with the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, distributed by Yale University Press. Red cloth hardcover with gilt lettering and pictorial dust jacket. Includes notes, a collection catalogue, and an index.
Very Good condition overall. Boards show light shelf wear, with a few small spots to the upper page edges. Interior pages pictured appear clean and bright. Dust jacket has surface rubbing, light scratches, and minor edge wear. Please review photographs for further condition details.
ISBN: 9780300122862.
SKU D-10