John Thomson

Title: The Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China; or ten years' travels, adventures, and residence abroad ... Illustrated ... by J. D. Cooper, etc. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The HISTORY OF TRAVEL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection contains personal narratives, travel guides and documentary accounts by Victorian travelers, male and female. Also included are pamphlets, travel guides, and personal narratives of trips to and around the Americas, the Indies, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Thomson, John; Cooper, James Davis; 1874]. 8 . 10057.de.37.

Originally published in 1876, this book was a key reference of its time, offering both a concise history of photography's invention and development and a fascinating and richly illustrated guide to 19th-century photographic practice and processes - many of which are becoming popular once more today. Scottish photographer John Thomson (1837-1921) is best known for Street Life in London, a pioneering work of social documentary photography that helped lay the foundations for modern photojournalism. Beyond this, his remarkable career spanned a series of groundbreaking photographic portfolios documenting life, landscapes, and architecture in the Far East - often in extreme conditions - before he established a successful portrait studio in London. Amid these achievements, Thomson also found time to translate and edit this edition of Gaston Tissandier's A History and Handbook of Photography. This newly designed and typeset edition makes both the text accessible to modern readers. Richly illustrated, this new 260-page edition delves into fascinating aspects of early photography, including: * Setting up a studio and lighting a subject * Coating glass plates with collodion and developing negatives * Preparing photographic paper, toning, and pressing proofs * Troubleshooting common issues with negatives and prints * The role of photography in travel * Early techniques for colouring photographs and enlarging negatives * Waxed paper, carbon processes and the dry collodion processA compelling insight into the technical world of early photography, this edition offers a window into the skills and challenges faced by 19th-century photographers, making it an invaluable resource for both historians and photographers interested in exploring alternative processes.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.

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