My apologies for not getting back to you sooner. And I'm sorry, I don't have much to offer either at this stage. I read with great interest your blog posts. I am currently compiling a list of photographs of interest for a publication, and had drifted to these daguerreotypes as early examples in the NT collection. It is wonderful that you've uncovered Barrett to be the photographer. Just how much detective work goes into such findings for single objects is always a marvel. I am currently unaware of military expertise within the NT however I've fielded some questions to a few colleagues to check. I would love to bring someone in across a number of our photo collections to provide knowledge and understanding for various groups with military contexts, but I'm not currently in a position to do so. Perhaps in the New Year I will be able to look into that more. My only connections with military photographs has been with my work on Christina Broom. As IWM were invested in the book, and the collection overlapped with their own, there lay a justification for assistance. As I say, if I can pursue some external consultancy for some of our collections in the new year I will endeavour to get this looked at. When you say you contacted the Royals and Blues I take it you mean the Household Cavalry - although I know they don't hold the Dragoons records. Their research starts at £35/hr. It would be good to know too the wider context for your research. Best Wishes, Anna
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Dear Geoff,
My apologies for not getting back to you sooner. And I'm sorry, I don't have much to offer either at this stage. I read with great interest your blog posts. I am currently compiling a list of photographs of interest for a publication, and had drifted to these daguerreotypes as early examples in the NT collection. It is wonderful that you've uncovered Barrett to be the photographer. Just how much detective work goes into such findings for single objects is always a marvel. I am currently unaware of military expertise within the NT however I've fielded some questions to a few colleagues to check. I would love to bring someone in across a number of our photo collections to provide knowledge and understanding for various groups with military contexts, but I'm not currently in a position to do so. Perhaps in the New Year I will be able to look into that more. My only connections with military photographs has been with my work on Christina Broom. As IWM were invested in the book, and the collection overlapped with their own, there lay a justification for assistance. As I say, if I can pursue some external consultancy for some of our collections in the new year I will endeavour to get this looked at. When you say you contacted the Royals and Blues I take it you mean the Household Cavalry - although I know they don't hold the Dragoons records. Their research starts at £35/hr. It would be good to know too the wider context for your research. Best Wishes, Anna