Disciples of Light: Photographs in the Brewster Album

Disciples of Light contains almost two hundred of
the earliest known English and Scottish photographs, most of which have never
been published. The volume includes all the significant photographs in the
album, compiled by Sir David Brewster, an important early patron of
photography. Photographs by William Henry Fox Talbot, the inventor of
negative-positive paper photography, are included, as well as works by other photographers
who improved upon Talbot's invention. The text discusses the context in which
the album was compiled, the personalities of the photographers, and the groups
of specific images that it contains. Numerous comparative illustrations are included,
as well as a checklist of all photographic images, a bibliography, and an index
of all proper names and place names.