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The early American daguerreotype : cross-currents in art and technology / Sarah Kate Gillespie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gillespie, Sarah Kate, author.
- Series:
- Lemelson Center studies in invention and innovation.
- Lemelson center studies in invention and innovation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Daguerreotype--United States--History--19th century.
- Daguerreotype.
- Photographers--United States--Biography.
- Photographers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (227 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The American daguerreotype as something completely new: a mechanical invention that produced an image, a hybrid of fine art and science and technology.
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 "Rembrandt Perfected"; 2 "All Nature Shall Be Henceforth Its Own Painter"; 3 "We Will Not Bore Our Readers with Any More Chemistry"; 4 "The American Process"; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-33410-0
- 0-262-33409-7
- OCLC:
- 951065323
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