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Last Name Albert

Given Name Joseph

alt. Names J. A. ; Josef A. ;

Marriage

Children Eugen (1856-1929), founder of the Photographische Union and pioneer of offset printing

Year born 1825

Year died 1886

Place of death Munich

Father's occupation

Relatives

Education studies of physics and chemistry ; worked as photographer in Augsburg (since 1850) and Munich (1857-) where he founded his own printing establishment

Country of Activity Germany

Worked for Theodor Hessling & Julius Kollmann: Atlas der allgemeinen thierischen Gewebelehre (Leipzig 1861f.) ; Eduard Jacobi (1862-1915): Atlas der Hautkrankheiten (1904) ; Nikolaus Rüdinger (foreword by Th. L. W. Bischoff): Atlas des peripherischen Nervensystems des menschlichen Körpers (Stuttgart: Cotta 1861-72) ;

Patronage Munich court

Collaborators printer -> Edward Bierstadt ; Albert's procedure was also devised independently by Husnik and Obernetter ;

Techniques anatomical, topographical, and geographical photography, photomechanical printing, Albertype (Lichtdruck, Albertotypie), citochromy ;

Sample(s) http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Albert ;

Archival sources www.zeno.org/Fotografien/A/Albert,+Joseph ;

Published sources K. Hentschel: Mapping the Spectrum (2002: 156-60) ; Ehring: Hautkrankheiten (1989: 237f.) ; Wilhelm Ranke: Joseph Albert, Hofphotograph der bayerischen Könige (Munich 1977) ; Thomas 1997: 143 ; R. H. Krauss: Photographs as early scientific book illustration, in: History of Photography 2 (1978): 291-3 & 296-8 ; Irmgard Müller: Ausgewählte Abbildungen aus Werken der ehemaligen Deutschen Ärztebibliothek, pp. 5-9

other Albertype patented in Nov. 1868 by J. A. ; Bierstadt bought the US licence.

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