William Henry Fox Talbot : beyond photography / edited by Mirjam Brusius, Katrina Dean, and Chitra Ramalingam.

"William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) was a British pioneer in photography, yet he also embraced the wider preoccupations of the Victorian Age-- a time that saw many political, social, intellectual, technical, and industrial changes. His manuscripts, now in the archive of the British Library, r...

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Other Authors: Brusius, Mirjam (Editor, Contributor), Dean, Katrina (Editor, Contributor), Ramalingam, Chitra, 1979- (Editor, Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven, CT : London : The Yale Center for British Art ; The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, [2013]
Series:Studies in British art ; 23.
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Summary:"William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) was a British pioneer in photography, yet he also embraced the wider preoccupations of the Victorian Age-- a time that saw many political, social, intellectual, technical, and industrial changes. His manuscripts, now in the archive of the British Library, reveal the connections and contrasts between his photographic innovations and his investigations into optics, mathematics, botany, archaeology, and classical studies. Drawing on Talbot's fascinating letters, diaries, research notebooks, botanical specimens, and photographic prints, distinguished scholars from a range of disciplines-- including historians of science, art, and photography-- broaden our understanding of Talbot as a Victorian intellectual and a man of science"--Publisher's description.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 308 pages) : 114 illustrations (some color), chart, facsimiles, map, portraits
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780300263244
0300263244
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on print record and online resource (A&AePortal, viewed on August 3, 2021).