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Photography and the 1851 Great Exhibition

Title
Photography and the 1851 Great Exhibition / Anthony Hamber ; with a foreword by Tristram Hunt.
Author
V & A Photography Centre (London, England), author.
Publication
  • New Castle, Delaware : Oak Knoll Press ; London : V&A Publishing, 2018.
  • ©2018

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Additional Authors
  • Hamber, Anthony
  • Hunt, Tristram, 1974-
  • Oak Knoll Press, publisher.
  • V&A Publishing, publisher.
Description
xx, 394 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits; 32 cm +
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.
Subject
  • V & A Photography Centre (London, England) > Photograph collections > Exhibitions
  • Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) > Exhibitions
  • Great Exhibition
  • 1800-1899
  • Photograph collections
  • Photography > History > Exhibitions
  • Photography > Exhibitions > History > 19th century > Sources
  • Photography
  • Photography > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • History.
  • Sources.
Note
  • 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.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
Call Number
JQF 19-1813
ISBN
  • 9781584563716
  • 1584563710
  • 9781851779833
  • 1851779833
LCCN
2018023516
OCLC
1077511575
Author
V & A Photography Centre (London, England), author.
Title
Photography and the 1851 Great Exhibition / Anthony Hamber ; with a foreword by Tristram Hunt.
Publisher
New Castle, Delaware : Oak Knoll Press ; London : V&A Publishing, 2018.
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1800-1899
Place of Publication
United States Delaware New Castle.
Great Britain England London.
Added Author
Hamber, Anthony, author.
Hunt, Tristram, 1974- writer of foreword.
Oak Knoll Press, publisher.
V&A Publishing, publisher.
Research Call Number
JQF 19-1813
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