Wetherby's Gallery: Paintings, Daguerreotypes & Ambrotypes

This book is a fabulous rendering of a life rich with early western portrait photography in all formats as well as oil painting. The illustrations are first rate and in color or duotones. Isaac Augustus Wetherby (1820 - 1904) operated a painting and photograph gallery in Iowa City, Iowa, from 1858 to 1870 when his son, Charles took over the business, and Isaac focused on painting portraits in oil and coloring photographs. 184 pages, 9 x 7, Timeline, Bibliography, Notes, Paperback - $35