Main entry:

Van Zante, Gary.

Title & Author:

New Orleans 1867 : photographs by Theodore Lilienthal / Gary A. van Zante.

Publication:

London : Merrell, 2008.

Description:

304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm

Notes:
Contains 126 of the original 150 photographs from the series La Nouvelle Orléans et ses environs by Theodore Lilienthal.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Theodore Lilienthal (1829-1894): a "practical photographer" -- New Orleans in 1867: la Nouvelle Orleans et ses environs -- "To scans the crescent city broadly": Lilienthal's panoramas of New Orleans -- "New Orleans in miniature": Lilienthal as a stereo photographer -- Chronology of Lilienthal's studio locations.

Summary:

"This book brings together all the surviving photographs - 126 of the original 150 - from the series La Nouvelle Orleans et ses environs, made in 1867 by the New Orleans photographer Theodore Lilienthal (1829-1894). The first municipally sponsored photographic survey of any American city, the portfolio - featuring every aspect of the topography of New Orleans, from mansions and churches to factories and asylums - was exhibited at the Paris World Exposition of 1867 before being presented to Napoleon III, Emperor of France (reigned 1852-70)." "Gary A. Van Zante discusses Lilienthal's techniques locating him within the field of nineteenth-century commercial photography and placing each work in the context of antebellum citybuilding and postwar reconstruction. With extensive biographical and bibliographical information, this detailed and evocative pictorial and historical survey of Civil War-era New Orleans is illustrated with reproductions of all 126 photographs, and will appeal to anyone interested in American history, the Civil War era, the history of photography or the development of the modern city."--Jacket.

ISBN:

9781858942100
1858942101

Subject:

Lilienthal, Theo. (Theodore), 1829-1894.
Fotografie
New Orleans (La.) History 19th century Pictorial works.
Louisiana New Orleans
New Orleans, La.

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
History
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Lilienthal, Theo. (Theodore), 1829-1894. Nouvelle Orléans et ses environs.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 256030
Call No.: BIB 186315
Status: Available