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Title(s)
Street life in London : with permanent photographic illustrations taken from life expressly for this publication / by J. Thomson and Adolphe Smith.
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Published/Created
London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, [1877-1878]
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Physical Description
100 p., [36] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA688 .T46 1877+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Photographs (36 mounted woodbury-types) by John Thomson; text by Adolphe Smith.
Each image accompanied by descriptive letterpress and guard sheet.
Originally issued in 12 monthly parts.
Printed by Gilbert and Rivington, 52, St. John's Square, London.
Gernsheim, H. History of photography, p. 447
Johnson, W. Nineteenth-century photography, p. 631
Seaborne, M. Photographers' London, 1839-1994, p. 67
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original gilt- and blind-stamped pictorial green cloth, with gilt edges.
"Constitutes the first photographic documentation of any kind ... The accompanying articles, some by Thomson and some by Smith, concerned the living and working conditions of the subject."--Gernsheim.
"Pioneered the genre of photojournalism, combining hard-hitting, albeit posed, street photography, with documentary-style prose."--DNB. -
Subject Terms
London (England) -- Pictorial works. | London (England) -- Social conditions -- 19th century. | Photojournalism -- Great Britain. | Poor -- England -- London. | S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington -- Publisher. | Street life -- England -- London. | Working class -- England -- London.
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