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Picturing Emerson: An Iconography (Harvard Library Bulletin)
Joel Myerson
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Description for Picturing Emerson: An Iconography (Harvard Library Bulletin)
Paperback. Picturing Emerson: An Iconography reproduces and explores the background of all known images of Ralph Waldo Emerson created from life, including drawings, paintings, silhouettes, sculptures, and photographs in all formats. The book provides dates and commentary, enabling readers to trace Emerson's visage from the 1820s to the 1880s. Series: Harvard Library Bulletin. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 25 x 17. .
Picturing Emerson reproduces and explores the background of all known images of Ralph Waldo Emerson created from life, including drawings, paintings, silhouettes, sculptures, and photographs. The book provides dates for these images; information about their makers and Emerson's sittings; as well as commentary by family members and contemporaries. The resulting work makes it possible for the first time to trace Emerson's visage over seven decades. Dating and correctly identifying images of Emerson has long challenged scholars, collectors, and the general public. By examining over fifty years of archival and published research--including web resources, library catalogs, and correspondence ... Read more
Picturing Emerson reproduces and explores the background of all known images of Ralph Waldo Emerson created from life, including drawings, paintings, silhouettes, sculptures, and photographs. The book provides dates for these images; information about their makers and Emerson's sittings; as well as commentary by family members and contemporaries. The resulting work makes it possible for the first time to trace Emerson's visage over seven decades. Dating and correctly identifying images of Emerson has long challenged scholars, collectors, and the general public. By examining over fifty years of archival and published research--including web resources, library catalogs, and correspondence ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Harvard Library Bulletin
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
140
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United States
ISBN
9780674975972
SKU
V9780674975972
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Ref
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About Joel Myerson
Joel Myerson is Carolina Distinguished Professor of American Literature, Emeritus, at the University of South Carolina. Leslie Perrin Wilson is Curator of the William Munroe Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library in Concord, Massachusetts.
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