FACING THE LIGHT HISTORIC AMERICAN PORTRAIT DAGUERREOTYPES
1978 · Washington, D.C.
by Pfister, Harold Francis
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978. 378,[2]pp. Quarto. Pictorial wrappers. Over 100 black & white reproductions. Selected bibliography. Index. Spine somewhat sunned and lightly creased, otherwise very good. First edition. Published to coincide with an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. (September 1978 - January 1979). Foreword by Marvin Sadik. Features daguerreotypes and photographs of major American writers, politicians and many others. Curatorial preface by William F. Stapp. (Inventory #: WRCLIT54059)