William England Stereographs

http://www.fotoplatz.stereographie.de/wme/ http://www.fotoplatz.stereographie.de/stwrld-WmE/ Does anyone know, where I can find stereographs of William England's stereograph Number 32 - title unknown (Serie 'The Rhine and its Vicinity)? Original would be great - scan is also welcome.

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  • Hello Hartmut
    I see you now have a scan of no 32 on your website - Congratulations
    Graham
  • Dallmeyer's stereo cameras of the 1860s are sold as having the capacity to have the stereo lenses removed and replaced with a Triple Achromatic Lens No.1, this was a 7", f10 lens and would have produced a wide angle image.
  • Bill Becker said:
    Hartmut, sorry I can't help with #32 but I thought I would share a non-stereo image from William England's Rhine series. These are about the same size as a stereo, but with a single wide image. Perhaps he used his stereo camera with a wide-angle lens?
    I only have a few of these. A couple are on the original mounts. The attached image is not -- the title is "Mayence."
    What's interesting to me is the strength of the compositions -- the photographs that I've seen from this series are very rigorously composed, quite sharp, and the prints have beautiful tones.
  • Bill Becker said:
    Hartmut, sorry I can't help with #32 but I thought I would share a non-stereo image from William England's Rhine series. These are about the same size as a stereo, but with a single wide image. Perhaps he used his stereo camera with a wide-angle lens?
    I only have a few of these. A couple are on the original mounts. The attached image is not -- the title is "Mayence."
    What's interesting to me is the strength of the compositions -- the photographs that I've seen from this series are very rigorously composed, quite sharp, and the prints have beautiful tones.
  • here:

    http://www.fotoplatz.stereographie.de/WmE1867Pers/

    you can find scans of the persons in WmE's 'The rhine and it's Vicinity' (1867)

    Hartmut Wettmann, Berlin

    John Bradley said:
    As we are discussing William England's appearance, I recently added a photograph of him as he appeared at the PCUK meeting in Derby in 1886. You will find this, and a partial key to the photograph in 'my photos'.

    Muriel Morris said:
    The man in the Mayence photo is Louis England, not William, who usually wore a full beard. Louis was William and Rosalie's eldest son and, like Rosalie, frequently was commandeered as "foreground interest."
    William England was my great great grandfather.
    Muriel in Chilliwack
  • As we are discussing William England's appearance, I recently added a photograph of him as he appeared at the PCUK meeting in Derby in 1886. You will find this, and a partial key to the photograph in 'my photos'.

    Muriel Morris said:
    The man in the Mayence photo is Louis England, not William, who usually wore a full beard. Louis was William and Rosalie's eldest son and, like Rosalie, frequently was commandeered as "foreground interest."
    William England was my great great grandfather.
    Muriel in Chilliwack
  • The man in the Mayence photo is Louis England, not William, who usually wore a full beard. Louis was William and Rosalie's eldest son and, like Rosalie, frequently was commandeered as "foreground interest."
    William England was my great great grandfather.
    Muriel in Chilliwack
  • Hello Peter, Getty Images holds the surviving negative collections for WE's American, Paris and Irish views and also the International Exhibition of 1862 and Dublin 1863, as part of our holdings of London Stereoscopic Company's archives. However we do not have later negatives after he left LSC's employ in 1863. Best wishes, Sarah

    Peter Blair said:
    Bill

    I would just like to comment that the Alpine Club has an album of England's 1863 Swiss tour (which I suppose was why he could claim "under the patronage of the Alpine Club" for this series). It contains 24 larger format views as well as 126 stereo halves. So his use of two formats was something that predates the Rhine series.

    I would also like to ask the question if anyone knows what became of England's negatives? I believe that the Eastman Kodak collection has his LSC negatives of the North American series - but what of the later Swiss and Rhine series?

    thanks for any insights
    Peter Blair

    Bill Becker said:
    Hartmut, sorry I can't help with #32 but I thought I would share a non-stereo image from William England's Rhine series. These are about the same size as a stereo, but with a single wide image. Perhaps he used his stereo camera with a wide-angle lens?
    I only have a few of these. A couple are on the original mounts. The attached image is not -- the title is "Mayence."
    What's interesting to me is the strength of the compositions -- the photographs that I've seen from this series are very rigorously composed, quite sharp, and the prints have beautiful tones.
  • Bill

    I would just like to comment that the Alpine Club has an album of England's 1863 Swiss tour (which I suppose was why he could claim "under the patronage of the Alpine Club" for this series). It contains 24 larger format views as well as 126 stereo halves. So his use of two formats was something that predates the Rhine series.

    I would also like to ask the question if anyone knows what became of England's negatives? I believe that the Eastman Kodak collection has his LSC negatives of the North American series - but what of the later Swiss and Rhine series?

    thanks for any insights
    Peter Blair

    Bill Becker said:
    Hartmut, sorry I can't help with #32 but I thought I would share a non-stereo image from William England's Rhine series. These are about the same size as a stereo, but with a single wide image. Perhaps he used his stereo camera with a wide-angle lens?
    I only have a few of these. A couple are on the original mounts. The attached image is not -- the title is "Mayence."
    What's interesting to me is the strength of the compositions -- the photographs that I've seen from this series are very rigorously composed, quite sharp, and the prints have beautiful tones.
  • Hi Ken
    I have a fairly large collection of views of the Chamonix valley and may be able to identify your waterfalls if you can attach a scan
    regards
    Peter

    Ken Jacobson said:
    By coincidence, I have been looking at these recently. I have a 'sample' album of stereo halves by England. No. 32 is 'Chamonix, Savoie'. It shows a man in the foreground with a small bridge and large buildings of the town. I can try to scan it when I have time.
    How are you at identifying geographical locations- I'm particularly looking to identify some waterfalls that might be either in Chamonix or Switzerland? Thanks.
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