Carrying off the palaces : John Ruskin's lost daguerreotypes / Ken Jacobson, Jenny Jacobson ; additional research on Italian daguerreotypists by Gabriella Bologna ; essay on conservation of daguerreotypes by Angels Arribas.

Main entry:

Jacobson, Ken, author.

Title & Author:

Publication:

London : Bernard Quaritch Ltd., [2015]
©2015

Description:

xxvi, 406 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 x 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Apollo Awards 2015.

Summary:

The inspiration for this book was a remarkable discovery made by the authors at a small country auction in 2006. One lightly regarded lot was a distressed mahogany box crammed with long-lost early photographs. These daguerreotypes were later confirmed as once belonging to John Ruskin, the great 19th-century art critic, writer, artist and social reformer. Moreover, the many scenes of Italy, France and Switzerland included the largest collection of daguerreotypes of Venice in the world and probably the earliest surviving photographs of the Alps. Core to this book is a fully illustrated catalogue raisonné of the 325 known John Ruskin daguerreotypes. The overwhelming majority of the newly-discovered plates are published here for the first time. There are an additional 276 illustrations in the text and an essay describing the technical procedures used in conserving Ruskin's photographs. Ten chapters extensively study Ruskin's photographic endeavours. A chronology, glossary, twenty-page bibliography and comprehensive index complete this handsome hardback book.

ISBN:

0956301274
9780956301277

Subject:

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 Photograph collections.
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Ruskin, John 1819-1900
Daguerreotype.
Architectural photography Italy Venice.
Art and photography.
Daguerréotype.
Photographie d'architecture Italie Venise.
Art et photographie.
daguerreotype (process)
21.42 history of photographic art.
Architectural photography.
Photograph collections.
Arkitekturfotografi.
Fotografisamlingar.
Daguerreotypi.
Italy Venice.
Italien Venedig.
1845-1858

Form/genre:

Catalogues raisonnés.

Added entries:

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, photographer.
Jacobson, Jenny, author.
Bologna, Gabriella, researcher.
Arribas, Angels, writer of added text.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 289210
Call No.: BIB 231490
Status: Available

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