Benjamin Brecknell Turner Rural England Through a Victorian Lens (Victoria and Albert Museum Studies)

Barnes Martin

ISBN 10: 0810965836 / ISBN 13: 9780810965836

Published by Victoria & Albert Museum, 2002

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Victoria & Albert Museum January 1, 2002. 128 pp. many illus. index. study of the life and work of Benjamin Brecknell Turner, (1815 -- 1894) Victorian era, through the lens of Benjamin Brecknell Turner, one of the first, and one of the greatest, of early British photographers. Images of churches, cottages, old farm buildings, and ancient ruins. In stark contrast are his shots of the radically modern, long-gone Crystal Palace in London's Hyde Park. Also portrait photographs, and his 1857 pictures of Amsterdam that are among the earliest known photographs of that city. This first monograph on Turner's work accompanies an exhibition in early 2002 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. cloth and jacket protected by mylar sleeve.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Benjamin Brecknell Turner Rural England Through a Victorian Lens (Victoria and Albert Museum Studies)
• Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810965836
• ISBN 13: 9780810965836
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
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Synopsis

A nostalgic study of the life and work of Benjamin Brecknell Turner, one of Britain's outstanding early photographers, is highlighted by evocative images of rural churches, villages, ruins, and farms during the Victorian era, as well as his subtle portrait photographs, studies of Amsterdam, and shots of the vanished Crystal Palace in London.

About the Author

Martin Barnes is assistant curator of photographs at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.