Main entry:

Smith, Graham, 1942- author.

Title & Author:

Disciples of light : photographs in the Brewster album / Graham Smith ; editor, Andrea P. A. Belloli.

Publication:

Malibu : J. Paul Getty Museum, 1990.

Description:

170 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Edition of 3,000 copies.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-164) and index.
Foreword / John Walsh -- Introduction -- William Henry Fox Talbot and the invention of photography -- The introduction of photography into Scotland -- Brewster, Talbot, and the St. Andrews disciples -- The calotype in St. Andrews -- Other photographers represented in the Brewster Album -- Epilogue -- Notes -- The Brewster Album : a checklist -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index of personal and place names.

Summary:

Disciples of Light contains almost two hundred of the earliest known English and Scottish photographs, most of which have never been published. The volume includes all the significant photographs in the album, compiled by Sir David Brewster, an important early patron of photography. Photographs by William Henry Fox Talbot, the inventor of negative-positive paper photography, are included, as well as works by other photographers who improved upon Talbot’s invention. The text discusses the context in which the album was compiled, the personalities of the photographers, and the groups of specific images that it contains. Numerous comparative illustrations are included, as well as a checklist of all photographic images, a bibliography, and an index of all proper names and place names."-- Publisher's description.

Resources:
Getty Publications Virtual Library
Online version available via the Getty publications virtual library

ISBN:

0892361581
9780892361588

Subject:

Brewster, David, 1781-1868 Photograph collections Catalogs.
Brewster, David, 1781-1868
J. Paul Getty Museum Catalogs.
J. Paul Getty Museum
Photograph collections California Malibu Catalogs.
Collections de photographies Californie Malibu Catalogues.
Photograph collections
California Malibu
1840-1860

Form/genre:

museum catalogs.
catalogs (documents)
Catalogs
Catalogues.

Added entries:

Belloli, Andrea P. A., editor.
Walsh, John, 1937- writer of foreword.
J. Paul Getty Museum, publisher, issuing body.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 57914
Call No.: TR61.S6 (ID:90-B625)
Status: Available