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Masterpieces of Victorian Photography 1840-1900 From The Gernsheim Collection by Gernsheim, Helmut; Philip James - 1951

by Gernsheim, Helmut; Philip James

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Masterpieces of Victorian Photography 1840-1900 From The Gernsheim Collection by Gernsheim, Helmut; Philip James - 1951

Masterpieces of Victorian Photography 1840-1900 From The Gernsheim Collection

by Gernsheim, Helmut; Philip James

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[London]: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1951. Paperback. First edition. Good+ paperback with light soiling and a touch of tanning. SHIPS THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING AND CARDBOARD. The catalogue for an early exhibition of photographs produced in Victorian England, published on the occasion of the Festival of Britain, 1951. The notes/checklist list 520 works, covering: the variety of photographic processes with biographies on practitioners; photo-illustrated books of the time; apparatus and technical developments; manuscripts; etc. Reproduces photographs by Julia Margaret Cameron, Lewis Carroll, Roger Fenton, Hill & Adamson, Rejlander, John Thompson, and others. Notes by Helmut Gernsheim; foreword by Philip James. Staple-bound stiff wraps; 36 pages; tipped-in b&w frontis + 16 full-page b&w plates; 7 x 9 inches.
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  • Publisher Arts Council of Great Britain
  • Place of Publication [London]
  • Date Published 1951
  • Keywords Exhibition Catalogues; Anthologies; History of Photography

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Masterpieces of Victorian Photography 1840-1900 from the Gernsheim Collection

by James, Philip - Gernsheim, Helmut

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London: The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1951. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Edward Ardizzone Cover Art; Photo Plates. Original cover art by Ardizzone. includes a full-page tipped-in photograph of Julia Margaret Cameron, said to be the model of Alice in Wonderland. A clean, unmarked, bright copy in a thick Mylar jacket.
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