Rufus Porter's curious world : art and invention in America, 1815-1860 / edited by Laura Fecych Spra...
Rufus Porter's curious world : art and invention in America, 1815-1860 / edited by Laura Fecych Spra...
Rufus Porter's curious world : art and invention in America, 1815-1860 / edited by Laura Fecych Sprague and Justin Wolff.
About this item
Full title
Publisher
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press ; Brunswick, Maine : Bowdoin College Museum of Art, [2019]
Call Numbers
GQ 2021/0182
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xiii, 137 pages : color illustrations, color facsimilies ; 27 x 29 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Rufus Porter : a life in motion / Laura Fecych Sprague -- Rufus Porter's miniature portraits : practice and patrons / Deborah M. Child -- Itinerancy, aerial navigation, and the many networks of Rufus Porter / Justin Wolff.
Publication information
Publisher
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press ; Brunswick, Maine : Bowdoin College Museum of Art, [2019]
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania
Date Published
[2019]
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
"An examination of Rufus Porter, an enigmatic but astonishingly productive American artist, inventor, and publisher. Presents his life and work in the context of the cultural, social, and technological networks that shaped innovation and democracy during the antebellum era"-- Provided by publisher.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Rufus Porter's curious world : art and invention in America, 1815-1860 / edited by Laura Fecych Sprague and Justin Wolff.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, December 12, 2009-May 31, 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Critics' Picks
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2019.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
GQ 2021/0182
Record Identifier
74VKaOqGrDOl
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaOqGrDOl
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9780271084954
DDC
759.13
MMS ID
991024375819402626
