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Around Somerset: From the Montague Cooper Collection: Britain in Old Photographs
Nick Chipchase
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Paperback. Around Somerset Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 11. Weight in Grams: 364.
Montague Cooper was probably Somerset's first commercial photographer - certainly the county's finest. He had studios in Taunton, Burnham and Chard, and traveled widely around Somerset in one of the county's first motor cars - often to be spotted in the background of his photographs. Although his business was primarily portraiture, he also recorded towns and villages and dozens of event, from fetes and festivals to railway disasters. Unlike Francis Frith, a rival, Cooper always attempted to include as many people in his photographs as possible. Nick Chipchase has researched the life and work of Montague Cooper, and presents here ... Read more
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Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750946773
SKU
V9780750946773
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99-10
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