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020 _a9781904587569 (hbk.) :
_c£19.99
020 _a1904587569 (hbk.) :
_c£19.99
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100 1 _aKane, Joanna.
245 1 4 _aThe somnambulists :
_bphotographic portraits from before photography /
_cphotographs by Joanna Kane ; essay by Duncan Forbes, Roberta McGrath.
260 _aStockport :
_bDewi Lewis/ National Galleries of Scotland,
_c2008.
300 _aca. 112 p. :
_bill., ports. ;
_c31 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 _aThe 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.
600 1 0 _aKane, Joanna.
650 0 _aMasks (Sculpture)
_vPictorial works.
650 0 _aPortrait photography.
700 1 _aForbes, Duncan.
700 1 _aMcGrath, Roberta.
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