Author:
Pinson, Stephen C.
Imprint:Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Descriptionix, 313 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Note:The reign of speculation -- Operatic enterprises -- The panorama effect -- Lookers -- Optical naturalism -- Theatrical landscapes -- The museum as laboratory -- Nature's palette: fixed and modifiable views -- An artist's "fortune" -- 1814-1825 -- 1825-1830 -- 1830-1839 -- Speculating Daguerre -- Counterproof -- Permanence -- Monuments -- A catalogue of works attributed to Daguerre -- Works on paper -- Paintings -- Daguerreotypes -- Appendix 1: Daguerre's addresses in Paris -- Appendix 2: chronology -- Appendix 3: a primer on the early history of photography..
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-302) and index.
