Photography, Natural History and the Nineteenth-Century Museum - Exchanging Views of Empire

Summary

This book addresses the advent of museum photography through an exploration of the multifaceted relationship between natural history, photography and emerging public museums from the 1850s to the 1880s in Britain and the colonies of Australia, New Zealand, and, to a lesser extent, India.

Product details

• Authors: Kathleen Davidson, Davidson Kathleen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.03.2017
• EAN: 9781472431295
• ISBN: 978-1-4724-3129-5
• No. of pages: 234
• Series: Science and the Arts since 1750
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Photography & photographs, NATURE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, ART / Museum Studies, PHOTOGRAPHY / General, natural history, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Photography and photographs