Main entry:

Snelling, Henry Hunt, 1816-1897.

Title & Author:

The history and practice of the art of photography / by Henry H. Snelling ; with an introduction by Beaumont Newhall.

Publication:

Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. : Morgan & Morgan, Inc., Publishers, [1970]

Description:

[8], vi, [v]-vii, 139, [v]-viii pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

Notes:
"The first bound treatise on photography ever published in America, originally printed in 1849"--Jacket.
Facsimile of the edition published: New York : Published by G.P. Putnam, 1849.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A brief history of the art -- The theory on light ; The photographic principle -- Synopsis of Mr. Hunt's treatise on "The influence of the solar rays on compound bodies, with especial reference to their photographic application" -- A few hints and suggestions to daguerreotypists -- Daguerreotype apparatus -- The daguerreotype process -- Paper daguerreotypes ; Etching daguerreotypes -- Photogenic drawing on paper -- Calotype and Chrysotype -- Cyanotype ; Energiatype ; Chromatype ; Anthotype ; Amphitype and "crayon daguerreotype" -- On the probability of producing colored pictures by the solar radiations ; Photographic deviations ; Lunar pictures ; Drummond light -- On coloring daguerreotypes -- The photographometer.

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ISBN:

0871000148
9780871000149

Subject:

Photography Early works to 1850.
Daguerreotype.
Photographie Ouvrages avant 1850.
Daguerréotype.
daguerreotype (process)
Photography.

Form/genre:

Facsimiles (reproductions)
Early works

Added entries:

Newhall, Beaumont, 1908-1993, writer of introduction.

Art of photography
History and practice of the art of photography, or, The production of pictures through the agency of light

Holdings:

Location: Library main 289005
Call No.: BIB 231141
Status: Available