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Newman's manual of harmonious coloring, as applied to photographs : together with valuable papers on lighting and posing the sitter

Newman, James, Lea, M. Carey (Mathew Carey), 1823-1897, Benerman & Wilson, publisher, Sherman & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer · 1866 · Philadelphia : Benerman & Wilson · 9 pictures

A technical manual on hand-coloring photographs and on lighting and posing portrait sitters, written by James Newman with papers by M. Carey Lea and issued in Philadelphia by Benerman & Wilson in 1866 for working studio photographers. The plates are wood-engraved diagrams: skylight studio interiors in section, plan views of camera and sitter positions, ray paths lettered A–D, and a six-part color circle.

Photography · Portrait photography · Color

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