William Henry Fox Talbot: Beyond Photography Volume 23

by June Barrow-Green, Graham Smith, Larry J. Schaaf, et al.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300179340
• ISBN13: 9780300179347
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Yc British Art
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.3" x 10.1"