Adam, Joseph Denovan, 1841 or 2-1896, Mountain, loch and glen , 1869
- Title(s):
- Mountain, loch and glen : illustrating "Our life in the Highlands" from paintings executed expressly for this work / by Joseph Adam ; with an essay on the characteristics of Scottish scenery by Norman Macleod ...
- Published/Created:
- London : Bell and Daldy, 1869.
- Physical Description:
- 22 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 57 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A D 91Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3270147
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Preface discusses relationship between painting and photography ; that picturesque scenery taken by photography had hitherto 'retained that artistic features which render painting and engravings so pleasing to the eye'.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in inlaid bird's eye maple binding with bands of darker wood. Gold covered leather central shield with Scottish arms in red laid into central front cover.
Head- and tail- pieces.
Printed by Whittingham and Wilkins, Tooks Court, Chancery Lane.
At head of title: Prepared under the superintendence of Arthur Helps, esq.
Engraved t.p. - Subject Terms:
- Aesthetics.Bell and Daldy -- Publisher.Highlands (Scotland) -- Description and travel.Painting, Modern -- 19th century -- History.Photography -- History.Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901. Our life in the Highlands.Whittingham and Wilkins -- Printer.
- Form/Genre:
- Photographs.
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