Young America: The Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes

by Romer, Grant B.

• ISBN13: 9783865210661
• ISBN10: 386521066X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-30
• Publisher: Distributed Art Pub Inc

Summary

"Accompanying a traveling exhibition of the same title, Young America is the most significant publication to date on Southworth & Hawes, featuring over 150 full-scale color reproductions as well as nearly 2,000 additional black-and-white illustrations. Edited by Grant B. Romer, Director of the Advanced Program in Photography Conservation at George Eastman House, and Brian Wallis, Director of Exhibitions and Chief Curator at the International Center of Photography, it includes critical analyses of the historical and cultural importance of the work of Southworth & Hawes by noted scholars in the field. Appendices include a chronology, an annotated bibliography, an exploration of the daguerreotype process, and a Southworth & Hawes family genealogy, making this catalogue an invaluable resource for researchers as well as general readers."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Directors' Foreword	8	(2)
Anthony Bannon
Willis Hartshorn
Curators' Introduction	10	(3)
Grant B. Romer
Brian Wallis
Essays
The Daguerreotype in Antebellum America	13	(8)
Alan Trachtenberg
``A High Reputation with All True Artists and Connoisseurs'': The Daguerreian Careers of A. S. Southworth and J.J. Hawes	21	(36)
Grant B. Romer