Copied by the Sun: Talbotype Illustrations to the “Annals of the Artists of Spain” by Sir William Stirling Maxwell
- Submitting institution
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University of Glasgow
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 32-05445
- Type
- B - Edited book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- Museo Nacional del Prado/ Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica
- ISBN
- 9788415245551
- Open access status
- -
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This output, a two-volume facsimile, critical study, and catalogue raisonné of Stirling Maxwell’s Annals of the Artists of Spain and the accompanying exhibition at the Prado, Madrid, results from sustained research over 5-7 years by Macartney, involving identification and personal analysis of almost half of the 50 surviving copies of Stirling’s Annals, in collections across Britain, Spain, France and the US, plus study of hundreds of trial proofs in the National Media Museum, and associated original artworks. The research involved interdisciplinary, collaborative perspectives and methods, linking art and photographic history and conservation science, archival/bibliographic research, and digital imaging.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Macartney led the research in locating, examining, and identifying the best surviving example of each of the 66 illustrations in the book; she also commissioned high-resolution photography of these, and worked with Matilla and the Prado’s imaging team on pioneering digital reconstruction of each image. She enlisted the help of recognised specialists in the key fields involved, providing the specific case material from her research to which they applied their expertise, and worked closely with them to reach and write the publication, co-writing many chapters, writing others, and editing the volume. For the exhibition, which attracted 67,000 visitors and was later shown revised at Kelvingrove Art Gallery, she selected and negotiated international loans, and agreed stringent environmental conditions for the fragile objects with lenders and the museum. Together with Matilla, she also conceived the display narrative and wrote labels, panels, leaflets and publicity.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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