Record pictures : photographs from the archives of the Institution of Civil Engineers

Author / Creator

Collins, Michael, 1961 January 8- author

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Summary

Before the invention of photography, civil engineers employed topographic artists to record the progression of their projects. Termed 'record pictures', these are the unacknowledged foundation of t...

Before the invention of photography, civil engineers employed topographic artists to record the progression of their projects. Termed 'record pictures', these are the unacknowledged foundation of the history of photography. This book contains previously unpublished examples.

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