Carrying off the palaces: John Ruskin's lost daguerreotypes

Abstract

Core to this book is a fully illustrated catalogue raisonné of the 325 known John Ruskin daguerreotypes. The overwhelming majority of the newly-discovered plates are published here for the first time. There are an additional 276 illustrations in the text and an essay describing the technical procedures used in conserving Ruskin's photographs. Ten chapters extensively study Ruskin's photographic endeavours. A chronology, glossary, twenty-page bibliography and comprehensive index complete this handsome hardback book.