The daguerreotype : nineteenth-century technology and modern science / M. Susan Barger and William B. White.

Main entry:

Barger, M. Susan, 1949-

Title & Author:

The daguerreotype : nineteenth-century technology and modern science / M. Susan Barger and William B. White.

Publication:

Description:

xvi, 252 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-242) and indexes.
Beginnings -- Image making before photography -- Toward points de Vue and the daguerreotype -- The technological practice of daguerreotypy -- Scientific interest in the daguerreotype during the Daguerreian Era -- The daguerreotype as a scientific tool -- Scientific interest in daguerreotypy after the Daguerreian Era -- The daguerreotype image structure -- Image formation -- Image deterioration -- Corrosion removal -- Daguerreotype preservation and display -- Daguerreotypy: a model for the interpretation of early technology and works of art.

ISBN:

0874743486 (cloth)
9780874743487 (cloth)
0874743559
9780874743555

Subject:

Daguerreotype History.
Medical illustration.
Medical Illustration
Daguerréotype Histoire.
Illustration médicale.
21.41 techniques, materials and equipment of photographic art.
Daguerreotype
Daguerreotypie.
Fotografia (processos)
Photography History.

Form/genre:

Government publications United States.
History

Added entries:

White, William B. (William Blaine), 1934-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 72025
Call No.: TR365.B37 (ID:92-B1026)
Status: Available

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