Sketches of men of progress
By: by James Parton, Bayard Taylor, Hon. Amos Kendall, Rev. E. D. Mayo, J. Alexander Patten and other writers.
Contributors: Parton, James.
Publisher: New York and Hartford publishing co.; Greer
Published: 1870
Place of publication: [n.p.]; Cincinnati
Language: eng
Number of pages: 736
Other titles: Men of progress.
Description: "57 steel engravings by various artists, many from photographs. 1 heliographic engraving from a photographic portrait of James W. Gerard. Half-tone by Frederick W. Von Egloffstein's Heliographic Engrav. & Print Co. 135 West 25th St., N.Y. It is interesting that out of 58 portraits only one would be done in a photomechanical process. Breaking new ground was probably not easy: entrenched notions of the proper way to do portrait engravings and possibly the cost prohibition of the new process kept people from trying it." -- Hanson Collection Catalogue, p. 37-38.