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The English Country Houses
From the Archives of Country Life, 1897-1939 (Country Life)
By Hall, Michael N.
- ISBN
- 978-1-85732-530-0
- Publisher
- Mitchell Beazley
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Reviewed on February 15, 1995
A major feature of the British magazine Country Life has always been its photographic essay on the magnificent country houses of Europe. In 1897, when the magazine was founded, photography as a technique of illustration was gaining acceptance in publishing; because of the long exposure times needed for those early shots, architecture as a subject was a natural. These two initial volumes in a series reproduce for the first time some of the photos commissioned by the magazine. In Hall's work, 20 English homes are illustrated, and Ha...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
