William Henry Fox Talbot: Beyond Photography (Volume 23) (Studies in British Art) - Hardcover

Robson, Eleanor; Smith, Graham; Schaaf, Larry J.; Wolf, Herta; Maimon, Vered; Secord, Anne; Barrow-Green, June

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300179340 ISBN 13: 9780300179347

Publisher: YC British Art, 2013

Synopsis

William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877) was a British pioneer in photography, yet he also embraced the wider preoccupations of the Victorian Age—a time that saw many political, social, intellectual, technical, and industrial changes. His manuscripts, now in the archive of the British Library, reveal the connections and contrasts between his photographic innovations and his investigations into optics, mathematics, botany, archaeology, and classical studies.

Drawing on Talbot’s fascinating letters, diaries, research notebooks, botanical specimens, and photographic prints, distinguished scholars from a range of disciplines, including historians of science, art, and photography, broaden our understanding of Talbot as a Victorian intellectual and a man of science.

About this title

Book Description:

A fascinating investigation into Talbot’s manuscripts, this book uncovers connections between his innovations as a photography pioneer and his broader interests in optics, mathematics, science, and classical studies.

About the Author:

Mirjam Brusius is postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Harvard University. Katrina Dean is a university archivist at Melbourne University. Chitra Ramalingam is postdoctoral fellow in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge.

About this edition

• Publisher: YC British Art
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0300179340
• ISBN 13: 9780300179347
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Dean Katrina, Ramalingam Chitra, Brusius Mirjam