Likeness and Landscape: Thomas Easterly and the Art of the Daguerreotype by Dolores A. Kilgo

The daguerreotype art of Thomas M. Easterly (1809–1882) represents one of the most unique and fascinating achievements in the early history of photography. In the first comprehensive study of this neglected photographic pioneer, Dolores A. Kilgo brings those accomplishments to light. Likeness and Landscape is a carefully researched and highly readable account of Easterly’s life and career that establishes him as a new master in the ranks of 19th-century photography.

Historian Alan Trachtenberg called this book “simply the most accomplished and most important study of an American artist in photography yet produced.”

In 1996, Likeness and Landscape was a finalist for the internationally recognized Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Awards.

Dolores A. Kilgo is a former professor of art history and assistant dean of the College of Fine Arts at Illinois State University. She has a PhD from the University of Illinois and has received fellowships from the Smithsonian Institution and the Newberry Library for her research on Thomas M. Easterly.

Hardback. 244 pages.