Camera Portraits: Photographs from the National Portrait Gallery, London, 1839-1989

by Malcolm Rogers

Book Overview

Drawn from the National Portrait Gallery in London, one of the great collections of photographs in the world, this exquisitely reproduced album features 150 prominent figures from Britain's past and present. This stunning collection of historic portraits--some famous, others rarely seen--marks the 150th anniversary of the invention of photography, providing not only an engaging survey of its development from the earliest daguerreotypes onward, but...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195208587
• ISBN13: 9780195208580
• Release Date: December 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 9.6" x 12.4"