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Program

Research Programs: Summer Stipends

Period of Performance

6/1/1978 - 7/31/1978

Funding Totals

$2,500.00 (approved)
$2,500.00 (awarded)

A Study of Sir John Herschel's Role in the Early Development of Photography

FAIN: FT-14025-78

Larry John Schaaf
Unaffiliated Independent Scholar (Baltimore, MD 21217-4823)

To study Sir John Herschel (1792-1871) and his technical achievements in the earliest years of photography. PI intends to produce a biography of Herschel that will tie his technical impact (use of hypo as a fixer, invention of the blueprint process) with his actual role in the photographic community.