The somnambulists : photographic portraits from before photography /

Kane, Joanna.

The somnambulists : photographic portraits from before photography / photographs by Joanna Kane ; essay by Duncan Forbes, Roberta McGrath. - Stockport : Dewi Lewis/ National Galleries of Scotland, 2008. - ca. 112 p. : ill., ports. ; 31 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

The drive to capture true likeness in the early 19th century was partly generated by the pseudo-science of phrenology. As a by-product of this, cast collections such as those of the Edinburgh Phrenological Society have preserved these haunting likenesses. In this book, Joanna Kane's photographs capture these unique masks.

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Kane, Joanna.


Masks (Sculpture)--Pictorial works.
Portrait photography.

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