William Henry Fox Talbot: Beyond Photography

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BOOKWilliam Henry Fox Talbot: Beyond PhotographyMirjam Brusius (Editor), Katrina Dean (Editor), Chitra Ramalingam (Editor) https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00251 Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-21224Copy 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.*This eBook is available exclusively on the A&AePortal.*AuthorMirjam Brusius (Editor), Katrina Dean (Editor), Chitra Ramalingam (Editor)PublisherYale Center for British ArtPaul Mellon CentrePrint publication date October 2013 (in print)Print ISBN 9780300179347EISBN 9780300263244Copyright© 2013 by Yale UniversityIllustrations 114Print Status in print Publisher (in print) WorldCat Google Books

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