Bicycles: Vintage People on Photo Postcards

by Tom Phillips and William Fotheringham

To celebrate the acquisition of the archive of distinguished artist Tom Phillips, the Bodleian Library asked the artist to assemble and design a series of books drawing on his themed collection of over 50,000 photographic postcards. These encompass the first half of the twentieth century, a period in which, thanks to the ever cheaper medium of photography, ordinary people could afford to purchase their own portraits. These portraits allowed individuals...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1851243682
• ISBN13: 9781851243686
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Bodleian Library
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.2" x 7.7"