Ruskin and the Daguerreotype
Professor Stephen Wildman Lancaster University
The talk by Professor Wildman of Lancaster University explores the first form of permanent photography and John Ruskin's use of it.
[The Ruskin Library at Lancaster University, of which Professor Wildman is Director, holds 125 daguerreotypes – the first permanent photographic process – out of the 300 which formed John Ruskin’s collection by 1858. Ruskin’s interest in this new medium will be explained, illustrated in the range of subject
7.30 p.m
Donation of £4 to cover costs of speaker, hall etc
Friars Green Independent Methodist Church Hall Cheshire WA1 1EE
Mon 6 Mar 2017