The spirit of fact : the daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes, 1843-1862 / Robert A. Sobieszek and Odette M. Appel ; with research assistance by Charles R. Moore.

Main entry:

Sobieszek, Robert A., 1943-2005.

Title & Author:

The spirit of fact : the daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes, 1843-1862 / Robert A. Sobieszek and Odette M. Appel ; with research assistance by Charles R. Moore.

Publication:

Description:

xxv, 163 pages : illustrations ; 28 x 32 cm

Notes:
Revised edition published in 1980 under title: The daguerrotypes of Southworth & Hawes.
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House, Rochester, Feb.-June 1976; at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, July-Dec. 1976; and at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Jan.-Feb. 1977.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-163).
List of leaders -- Introduction -- The Plates -- Checklist -- Appendix A: Fancois Gouraud's lecture and manual -- Appendix B: Southworth & Hawes's plates and hallmarks.

Summary:

"Among the portrait studios that prospered in America in the early 1840s, one Boston firm achieved international prominence: the studio of Albert Sands Southworth and Josiah Johnson Hawes. Formed in 1843 and dissolved in 1862, their partnership produced an extraordinary range of portraits and views widely celebrated for their technical brilliance and aesthetic superiority. The two partners welcomed as clients personalities representing the cultural core of 19th-century America: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Lemuel Shaw, Zachary Taylor, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Daniel Webster. From these priceless images which are now divided among seven private and public collections has been culled a brilliant selection of Southworth & Hawes's work. No effort was spared in meticulously reproducing these 113 daguerreotype images which, as captivating today as they were a century ago, are assembled in one volume for the first time." Provided by the publisher.

ISBN:

0879231793
9780879231798

Subject:

Southworth, Albert Sands, 1811-1894 Exhibitions.
Hawes, Josiah Johnson, 1808-1901 Exhibitions.
Hawes, Josiah Johnson, 1808-1901
Southworth, Albert Sands, 1811-1894
Daguerreotype Exhibitions.
Daguerréotype Expositions.
Daguerreotype
Daguerreotypie.

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Appel-Heyne, Odette M.
Moore, Charles R.
International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House.
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes, 1843-1862

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 42222
Call No.: M9479 EXHROCHESTER; ID:89-B22
Status: Available

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