State of the Art, Glasgow, 1855

A beautiful portrayal of Scottish photographic society,
concentrating on the 1855 Glasgow photography exhibition and the
visit of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
The author describes the 60 participants and their remarkable
future inventions and innovations in photographic practice or
their later photographic prominence. Some of the exhibited
photographs have been traced.
Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland, GB


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