The First “Scientific Photographs” of a Sperm Whale (1890) : Francisco Afonso Chaves and the Wonderful Inaccuracy of Image
In 1890, in Paris, a text entitled « Des formes extérieures du Cachalot » was published, signed by G. Pouchet and F.-A. Chaves and illustrated with three drawings and three photographs. These are advertised as “the first scientific photographs of the whale.” Through them it is finally possible to “f...
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Language: | English |
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Centre d’Histoire et Théorie des Arts
2022
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/imagesrevues/11090 |