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Autograph Etchings by American Artists, Produced by a New Application of Photographic Art
Illustrated by: John Whetten Ehninger (American, 1827–1889)
Illustrated by: Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796–1886)
Illustrated by: Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (American (born in Germany), 1816–1868)
Illustrated by: John Frederick Kensett (American, 1816–1872)
Illustrated by: Felix Octavius Carr Darley (American, 1822–1888)
Illustrated by: John William Casilear (American, 1811–1893)
Illustrated by: Eastman Johnson (American, 1824–1906)
Illustrated by: Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823–1880)
Illustrated by: George Cochran Lambdin (American, 1830–1896)
Illustrated by: William Parsons Winchester Dana (American, 1833–1927)
Illustrated by: Louis Remy Mignot (American, 1831–1870)
Publisher: W. A. Townsend & Company (American, 19th century)
Printer: Peter C. Duchochois (American, 19th century)
Illustrated by: Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796–1886)
Illustrated by: Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (American (born in Germany), 1816–1868)
Illustrated by: John Frederick Kensett (American, 1816–1872)
Illustrated by: Felix Octavius Carr Darley (American, 1822–1888)
Illustrated by: John William Casilear (American, 1811–1893)
Illustrated by: Eastman Johnson (American, 1824–1906)
Illustrated by: Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823–1880)
Illustrated by: George Cochran Lambdin (American, 1830–1896)
Illustrated by: William Parsons Winchester Dana (American, 1833–1927)
Illustrated by: Louis Remy Mignot (American, 1831–1870)
Publisher: W. A. Townsend & Company (American, 19th century)
Printer: Peter C. Duchochois (American, 19th century)
1859
Place of Publication: New York, New York, USA
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 12 photographs (clichés-verre)
Dimensions
Overall: 34.9 x 27.3 x 2.8 cm (13 3/4 x 10 3/4 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number62.79
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs – Illustrated books
New York: W. A. Townsend & Company, 1859
Description(New York: W. A. Townsend & Company, 1859) 34.9 cm; [17 ff.] 12 plates; original blind- and gilt-stamped brown morocco (cream-colored phase box).
As explained in detail by Ehninger in his preface, these "etchings" are in fact clichés-verre, in which the artists drew on a glass plate covered with a "film of collodion, rendered opaque by a deposition of nitrate of silver." Then the drawn plates were exposed (as "negatives") to photographic paper and developed.
As explained in detail by Ehninger in his preface, these "etchings" are in fact clichés-verre, in which the artists drew on a glass plate covered with a "film of collodion, rendered opaque by a deposition of nitrate of silver." Then the drawn plates were exposed (as "negatives") to photographic paper and developed.
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik (1893-1963), by whom given to MFA February 14, 1962.