The painted photograph, 1839-1914 : origins, techniques, aspirations

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With its rich variety of illustrations in colour and duotone, The Painted Photograph is the first comprehensive history of overpainting, from its origins to World War I. The 131 illustrations featured draw upon original 19th and early 20th century sources, most from America and Britain, but also representing Japan, Turkey, Austria, Germany, Poland, Canada, Bohemia, India, Australia, Norway, Holland, and Russia.
In describing a multitude of early techniques, the authors survey overpainting on various types of photographs, including daguerreotypes, tintypes, and imprinted porcelain, milk glass, enamel, magic lantern slides, and textiles. Particularly fascinating are discussions of overpainted death portraits, most commonly those of children, and the origins of popular "picture postcards" featuring overpainted landscape scenes. The Henisches address also the eager acceptance of the painted photograph throughout the world, despite the hostility of the art-critical establishment.
Place
University Park, State College, Pennsylvania, United States
Other Id
TR485 HEN (Library of Congress Call Number)
14788 (Cat ID)
754 (DBTextworks system ID)
5320 (Presto content ID)
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Object Type
book
Name/Title
The painted photograph, 1839-1914 : origins, techniques, aspirations
Primary Maker
Bridget Henisch (Author)
Heinz Henisch (Author)
Contributor/Publisher
The Pennsylvania State University Press
Place
University Park, State College, Pennsylvania, United States
Date
1996
Physical Description
x, 242 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 29 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0271015071
Level of Current Record
Bib record
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Subject Category
Photographs--Colouring--History
Photographs--Processing--History
Photography--Printing Processes--History
Content
Discovery and disappointment -- The tinted daguerreotype : Nature versus nurture ; Color on the silver plate -- The hand-worked paper print : Retouching, problems and opportunities ; Nature versus nurture, revisited ; Charcoal and color ; Pigments, fast and fading ; Prudent practice ; Color and crime ; Die Druckluftpinselretuschiermaschine -- Color on hard media : The lure of larger formats ; The painted tintype ; Photographs on milk glass, ceramics, and enamel ; The color specialist ; The magic of the lantern -- Photographs on canvas : Techniques and procedures ; Deft deceptions -- Ambitions and applications : Great expectations ; The studio, facing the public ; Landscape and genre -- Foreign approaches : Britain, France, Italy, Canada, South Africa, Russia, Baltic lands, Sweden, Norway, Holland, Germany, Austria, Bohemia, Hungary, Balkan lands, Latin America, Japan, China, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, India -- Ground combat : Prejudice and promise ; Achievement and acclaim.
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Colour photography--Processing--History]
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Collection Type
Reading Room
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19 Dec 2023

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