Out of the shadows : Herschel, Talbot & the invention of photography / Larry J. Schaaf.

Main entry:

Schaaf, Larry J. (Larry John), 1947-

Title & Author:

Out of the shadows : Herschel, Talbot & the invention of photography / Larry J. Schaaf.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1992.

Description:

xii, 188 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-185) and index.
I. The Boundaries of Fiction; John Herschel, Henry Talbot, and 19th Century Science -- II. The Beauty of the First Idea; A Selective Pre-History of Photography -- III. The Dawn of Photography; Herschel and Talbot in the Spring of 1839 -- IV. Storm Clouds and Rainbows; Summer 1839 -- Summer 1840 -- V. Photography Becomes an Art.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0300057059 (cloth)
9780300057058 (cloth)

Subject:

Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871.
Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800-1877.
Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871.
Photography England History 19th century.
Photographie Angleterre Histoire 19e siècle.
Photography.
Fotografie.
England.
Photography History

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 75192
Call No.: TR140.H571 (ID:92-B2463)
Status: Available

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