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Rufus Porter's curious world : art and invention in America, 1815-1860
- Title
- Rufus Porter's curious world : art and invention in America, 1815-1860 / edited by Laura Fecych Sprague and Justin Wolff.
- Publication
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press ; Brunswick, Maine : Bowdoin College Museum of Art, [2019]
- ©2019.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Use in library | ND237.P8135 R84 2019 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiii, 137 pages : color illustrations, color facsimilies; 27 x 29 cm
- Summary
- "An examination of Rufus Porter, an enigmatic but astonishingly productive American artist, inventor, and publisher. Presents his life and work in the context of the cultural, social, and technological networks that shaped innovation and democracy during the antebellum era"--
- Subject
- Porter, Rufus, 1792-1884 > Criticism and interpretation
- Porter, Rufus, 1792-1884
- 1783-1899
- Painting, American > 19th century
- Portrait miniatures, American > 19th century
- Inventions > United States > History > 19th century
- Intellectual life
- Inventions
- Painting, American
- Portrait miniatures, American
- United States > Intellectual life > 1783-1865
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Note
- Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, December 12, 2009-May 31, 2020.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Rufus Porter : a life in motion / Laura Fecych Sprague -- Rufus Porter's miniature portraits : practice and patrons / Deborah M. Child -- Itinerancy, aerial navigation, and the many networks of Rufus Porter / Justin Wolff.
- ISBN
- 9780271084954
- 0271084952
- LCCN
- 2019027761
- OCLC
- on1096214507
- SCSB-9585827
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library