Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name that was mounted in 1993 in New York and is scheduled for display in museums in numerous cities during the next few years, including the Museum of American Folk Art in New York (whose director, Gerard C. Wertkin, supplies the foreword). The latter half of the book is a catalog to the exhibition; the first half is a thorough survey of the American portrait tradition, folk art and photography, the tintype, hand-colored photography, copy prints and enlargements, and the decorative frame. Also included is information on collecting, preserving, and evaluating photographic frames and a frame identification guide. A meticulously prepared volume infused with the author's love of the subject. 9.25x12.25". Published by the Burns Press, 140 East 38th St., New York, NY 10016. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Forgotten Marriage: The Painted Tintype & the Decorative Frame, 1860-1910 : A Lost Chapter in American Portraiture

Arts & Photography

Burns, Stanley B.

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Burns Collection Ltd

Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name, the book, Forgotten Marriage: The Painted Tintype &amp; the Decorative Frame, 1860-1910: A Lost Chapter in American Portraiture, included a foreward by Gerard C. Wertkin, director of the Museum of American Folk Art in New York. The latter half of the book is a catalog to the exhibition; the first half is a thorough survey of the American portrait tradition, folk art and photography, the tintype, hand- colored photography, copy prints and enlargements, and the decorative frame. It documents the spread and democratization of painted portraits, and is the first book solely devoted to it to subject. Also included in the book is information on collecting, preserving, and evaluating photographic frames and a frame identification guide. A meticulously prepared volume--infused with Dr. Burns' love of the subject.

Forgotten Marriage: The Painted Tintype and the Decorative Frame, 1860-1910 : A Lost Chapter in American Portraiture

Photography & Video

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bu

Respiratory Disease: A Photographic History, 1921-1945, the Serology Era

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Burns Archive Press

PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF NINETEENTH CENTURY DERMATOLOGY SELECTIONS FROM THE BURNS ARCHIVE - THE TORSO

Medical Books

Medicine

Burns Archive Press, New York

The Burns Archive, known for its 1980s studies of derangement of the mind and body and photographic histories of medicine and death, extends that study of crime with Deadly Intent: Crime &amp; Punishment Photographs from the Burns Archive. The book is divided into four sections: crime scenes, police action, punishment, and executions. It is concentrated between 1890 and 1950, a time when criminals often admitted their crimes and were quickly punished. Until the late 1940s, the period from arrest to execution for a capital offense averaged 33 days. The change in police attitudes and of the punishment prescribed for criminal behavior is documented here in iconic photographs. Unlike many previous works on the subject, this compilation of crime scenes gives readers a forensic view, offering entire series of images used by detectives and criminologists. Other photographs reveal the evolving standards of the American criminal justice system, from water torture at Sing Sing prison, whipping posts, penitentiary life, and the notorious deadly work camps of the South, to executions: hanging, firing squads, and the electric chair. Only when all the evidence is presented can justice and humanity be properly served. This compilation of images, most published here for the first time, is a valuable new resource for historians and researchers.

Deadly Intent: Crime and Punishment Photographs from the Burns Archive

Cleary-Burns, Sara

Burns, J.

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