Salts of Silver, Toned With Gold: The Harrison D. Horblit Collection of Early Photography

by Anninger, Anne; Mellby, Julie; Alexander, Victoria

• ISBN13: 9780914630227
• ISBN10: 0914630229
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr

Summary

Drawing from a collection of historical photographic material from the 1830s through the early 19th century, this volume illustrates and describes daguerreotypes, early paper prints, albums, and photographically illustrated books, stereoviews, and period cameras.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Houghton Library Exhibition Room
Case 1: Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre	p. 1
Case 2: William Henry Fox Talbot	p. 9
Case 3: The Talbot Circle of British Photographers	p. 17
Case 4: Photography and the Grand Tour: Egypt and the Middle East	p. 25
Case 5: The Great Exhibition of 1851	p. 33
Case 6: Americans and Paper Photography	p. 41
Case 7: Souvenirs from Italy	p. 47
Case 8: The Studio of Giacomo Arena	p. 55
Case 9: Getting Acquainted: Personal Travel Albums	p. 61
Case 10: Medical Research and Photography	p. 69
Case 11: Fad and Fancy: Photography in Everyday Life	p. 77
Case 12: Private and Personal: Family Albums	p. 85
Case 13: "Permanent" Photographic Processes and the Book	p. 93
Hanging Photographs	p. 101
Widener Library Memorial Rotunda Daguerreotype Exhibition
Case 1: Women and Children	p. 131
Case 2: Outdoors, Architecture, and Animals	p. 137
Case 3: Men and Their Work	p. 143
Case 4: Studio Portraits	p. 147
Bibliography	p. 155
Index	p. 167
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