Main entry:

Ware, Mike.

Title & Author:

Mechanisms of image deterioration in early photographs : the sensitivity to light of W.H.F. Talbot's halide-fixed images, 1834-1844 / Mike Ware.

Publication:

London : Science Museum ; Bradford, West Yorkshire : National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, ©1994.

Description:

89 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The material -- Talbot's procedures -- Problems of identification -- Technical chronology -- Photosensitivity -- Case histories -- Experiments on simulacra -- Recommendations for conservation -- The feasibility of interactive testing -- Appendix I. Coating weight, covering power and density -- Appendix II. Quantum yields from silver halide photolysis -- Appendix III. The colours of silver images -- Appendix IV. A model for early silver print-out processes.

Summary:

Based upon a report commissioned by the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, this study adopts a multidisciplinary approach in its detailed examination of Talbot's photographic procedures and techniques.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0901805785
9780901805782

Subject:

Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800-1877.
National Museum of Photography, Film, and Television (Great Britain) Photograph collections.
National Museum of Photography, Film, and Television (Great Britain)
Photographs Conservation and restoration.
Photographic chemistry.
Photochemistry.
Photography conservation & restoration
Light adverse effects
Photolysis
Photographies Conservation et restauration.
Chimie photographique.
Photochimie.
Photograph collections
Foto's.
Conservatie.
Lichtgevoeligheid.
Reprography and photographic processes.
Photography

Holdings:

Location: Library conservation office 91597
Call No.: ID TR465 CONS; ID:95-B578
Status: Available