Impressed by light
Subtitle: British photographs from paper negatives, 1840-1860
By: Roger Taylor ; biographical dictionary by Larry J. Schaaf in collaboration with Roger Taylor.
Contributors: Schaaf, Larry J. 1947-.; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art; National Gallery of Art; Yale University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York; Washington; New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9781588392251; 9780300124057
Subjects: Calotype -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 414-426) and index.
Table of contents: title: Photography and an age of paradox; title: The formative years : the calotype in the 1840s; title: The great exhibition of 1851; title: Battling patents and gaining legitimacy; title: The calotype finds its place; title: Subjects fit for the camera; title: British sensibilities 1855-1857; title: Echoes of the grand tour; title: Under an Indian sky; title: Commercialism advances, the calotype declines.