Record pictures photographs from the archives of the Institution of Civil Engineers

• Main Author: Collins, Michael, 1961 January 8-
• Corporate Author: Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Thomas Telford, 2004.
• Subjects: Civil engineering > Pictorial works.; Photography in engineering > History.; Landscape photography > History.; Photography, Artistic > History.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780727748959
• DOI: 10.1680/rppftaotioce.32811
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (60 leaves of plates) : chiefly ill. (some col.)

Before the invention of photography, civil engineers employed topographic artists to record the progression of their projects. Termed 'record pictures', these are the unacknowledged foundation of the history of photography. This book contains previously unpublished examples.