Main entry:

V & A Photography Centre (London, England), author.

Title & Author:

Photography and the 1851 Great Exhibition / Anthony Hamber ; with a foreword by Tristram Hunt.

Publication:

New Castle, Delaware : Oak Knoll Press ; London : V&A Publishing, 2018.
©2018

Description:

xx, 394 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 32 cm + Includes chart.

Notes:
Catalog to accompany the opening of the V&A Photography Centre, October 2018.
Includes chart with 2 plates: "Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations 1851, Plan Shewing the Disposition of the Goods in the Galleries. To accompany the report of the Royal Commissioners"--Inside back cover.
Published to accompany the opening of the V&A Photography Centre, October 2018.
Accompanied by printed sheet containing reproductions of floor plans originally produced to accompany the Report of the Royal Commissioners.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
State of photography in 1851 -- Selecting photographs for the exhibition -- Exhibiting photographs and photographic equipment -- Photography, commercialism and contemporary illustration -- Reports by the juries -- Aftermath and legacy -- Photographs and photographic equipment exhibited -- Reports by the juries -- list of Class X and Class XXX jurors -- List of prize winners representing photography and relevant aspects of printing processes -- Reports by the juries -- catalogue of photographic illustrations -- Reports by the juries -- census of presentation copies -- Photoscience: behind the negatives and their printing / Nicholas Burnett.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"This book is the first comprehensive study of the seminal gathering of photographs and photographic equipment that marked the global launch of the form. Published to accompany the opening of the V&A Photography Centre, the book makes extensive use of the V&A collections and archival material related to the 1851 Great Exhibition." -- provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781584563716 (USA ; acid-free paper)
1584563710 (USA ; acid-free paper)
9781851779833 (UK ; hardback ; acid-free paper)
1851779833 (UK ; hardback ; acid-free paper)

Subject:

V & A Photography Centre (London, England) Photograph collections Exhibitions.
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) Exhibitions.
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) Expositions.
Great Exhibition.
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England)
Photography History Exhibitions.
Photography Exhibitions History 19th century Sources.
Photographie Histoire Expositions.
Photographie Expositions Histoire 19e siècle Sources.
Photograph collections.
Photography.
Photography Exhibitions.
Photography History 19th century

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Sources.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Hamber, Anthony, author.
Hunt, Tristram, 1974- writer of foreword.
Oak Knoll Press, publisher.
V&A Publishing, publisher.
Victoria and Albert Museum
United States Delaware New Castle.
Great Britain England London.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 303785
Call No.: BIB 249373
Status: Available

Location: Library main 304648
Call No.: BIB 249373
Notes: plans
Status: Available