Published to mark the 150th anniversary of the invention of photography, this companion volume to "The National Portrait Gallery Collection" contains a selection of 150 photographs from the Gallery's collection. This comprehensive survey of British portrait photography features the work of 150 eminent photographers including Julia Margaret Cameron, Nadar, Man Ray, Bill Brandt, Edward Steichen and Helmut Newton. The selection contains photographs produced using a wide range of photographic processes, including daguerreotypes ...
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Published to mark the 150th anniversary of the invention of photography, this companion volume to "The National Portrait Gallery Collection" contains a selection of 150 photographs from the Gallery's collection. This comprehensive survey of British portrait photography features the work of 150 eminent photographers including Julia Margaret Cameron, Nadar, Man Ray, Bill Brandt, Edward Steichen and Helmut Newton. The selection contains photographs produced using a wide range of photographic processes, including daguerreotypes, salted paper prints, ambrotypes, platinum prints and stereo daguerreotypes all faithfully reproduced in colour according to their original appearance. There is an introductory essay on the origins and development of the Gallery's photographic collection, and short biographies of sitters and photographers. This accompanies an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in October 1989.
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Very Good + 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 320 pp. 150 plates in full colour and duotone, each with accompanying text. New, very good condition, slightly tanned at page margins. Additional postage may be charged for this very heavy item.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Quarto. 320pp. Illustrated from photographs by Man Ray, Yousuf Karsh, Nadar, Cecil Beaton, and others. Small crease at the corner of four pages of text, else a fine copy in a gently rubbed, near fine dust jacket, with just a bit of edgewear. Published for the exhibition held from October 20, 1989 to January 21, 1990, at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Includes photographs of Samuel Beckett, T. S. Eliot, Cyril Connolly, E.M. Forster, Graham Greene, and many others.
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Folio. 320 pp. Soft wraps. Good with creasing along edges of spine and wraps, marginal scratching to covers and toning along edges of interior pages. Mostly color plates. Includes works by Helmut Newton, Nadar, Man Ray, Bill Brandt, Julia Margaret Cameron et al. Catalog created on occasion of exhibit commemorating the 150th anniversary of the invention of photography held at the National Portrait Gallery in London from October 20, 1989 to January 21, 1990. Heavy volume (possible extra shipping costs).
