An Early Victorian Album: The Photographic Masterpieces (1843-1847) of David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson
- ISBN-10
- 0394497333
- ISBN-13
- 9780394497334
- Category
- Calotype
- Pages
- 363
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1976
- Publisher
- Knopf Books for Young Readers
- Author
- David Octavius Hill
Description
Scottish portraiture thus paved the way for the camera's ruthless eye , for Raeburn , Watson - Gordon , and their followers were preparing people to accept the reality of themselves . Nearly any male portrait within the National ...
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