Capturing the light
Watson, Roger, (Museum curator)2014
Book
Total copies: 1
'Capturing the Light' traces the lives of two very different men in the 1830s, both racing to be the first to solve one of the world's oldest problems: how to capture an image and keep it for ever. On the one hand there is Henry Fox Talbot: a quiet, solitary gentleman-amateur tinkering away on his farm in the English countryside. On the other Louis Daguerre, a flamboyant, charismatic French showman in search of fame and fortune. Only one question remains: who will get there first?
Main title:
Capturing the light / Roger Watson and Helen Rappaport.
Work:
Imprint:
London : Pan Books, 2014.
Collation:
x, 306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Macmillan, 2013.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781447212584 (pbk)1447212584 (pbk)
Dewey class:
770.9034 WAT770.9034
LC class:
TR15
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
314807