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Golden Age of British Photography 1839-1900: Photographs from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, With Selections from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Royal Archives, Windsor Castle, the
By Philadelphia Museum of Art (corporate author), Aperture, Inc. (corporate author), Mark Haworth-Booth (editor), Michael Weaver and Victoria and Albert Museum (corporate author)
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Publisher Aperture
Publication date September 1, 1984
Pages 189
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780893811440
ISBN-10 0893811440
Dimensions 1 by 10.25 by 12.25 in.
Weight 3.50 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published in Great Britain
Original list price $80.00
§As reported by publisher
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Gathers pictures by important Victorian photographers, including Julia Margaret Cameron and William Henry Fox Talbot, and traces the development of photography from the daguerreotype and calotype to the beginning of the modern era
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Introduced to the British public in 1839 by its inventor, William Henry Fox Talbot, photography quickly took its place-alongside explorations of new territories, discoveries in science, and expanding horizons in the arts-as an authentic wonder in an age of wonders. The Golden Age of British Photography presents photographs that represent the era, drawn from the extensive collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum and from other major museums and archives.

The medium's early history unfolds in 199 images, from one of photography's first successes, Talbot's enchanting view of his breakfast table, to Paul Martin's turn-of-the-century beach scenes, the precursors of today's snapshots.

Uninhibited by notions of what the new invention should be, early photographers depicted exotic faraway lands and the disappearing rural landscape, British cathedrals and London slums, the public and private faces of the time, and the newsworthy events that brought the times into view. These images, rarely seen and never before shown together, present photography at its most miraculous, its purest, and its most daring.


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About: Gathers pictures by important Victorian photographers, including Julia Margaret Cameron and William Henry Fox Talbot, and traces the development of photography from the daguerreotype and calotype to the beginning of the modern era

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