"Sometime around 1950 Adolph Morath was commissioned By the Deparment of Foreign affairs of the Irish Government to photograph important Irish literary people and possibly others of significance.
In the mid 1960s I made prints of his magnificent…"
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"Thank you Stuart, Your reply has been most helpful and I appreciate the help given by Pamela Birch"
"David,
I contacted Pamela Birch the Conservator at Bedfordshire Archive Service to see if she could help you and she kindly sent me the following answer:
Hello Stuart,
No, I don't subscribe to this forum and unfortunately I don't think I…"
Blake and Edgar of Bedford
I am trying to identify the photographer responsible for a group of pictures in an album dating to the 1860s. They are Exterior and interior views of Russborough House in Ireland. They are likely to have been made by Blake and Edgar of 32 Midland Rd. Bedford as a series of the same images exists in a much smaller format which bears their stamp. They may only be reduced copies made by B&E and the large 10X12 inch prints and album are not identified in any way.Does anyone know whether the…See More
"Hi David, I have been in the Archive and looked at some daguerrotypes there that I think may have been donated by your late friend. I'll inquire from them re documentation relating to notes for his book, etc. If you have a further source I…"
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Blake and Edgar of Bedford
I am trying to identify the photographer responsible for a group of pictures in an album dating to the 1860s. They are Exterior and interior views of Russborough House in Ireland. They are likely to have been made by Blake and Edgar of 32 Midland Rd. Bedford as a series of the same images exists in a much smaller format which bears their stamp. They may only be reduced copies made by B&E and the large 10X12 inch prints and album are not identified in any way.
Does anyone know…
ContinuePosted on September 13, 2018 at 15:25 — 2 Comments
Frank Browne, Life Through the Lens Exhibition
The exhibition will be on show at the Titanic Centre, Belfast from now until the 31st March. Admission is free. Anyone visiting Northern Ireland should take the opportunity to see it. Crowds at Farmleigh were so large that the doors had to be closed on occasions.
Posted on January 13, 2015 at 19:23
Exhibition and Publication: Frank Browne SJ
This month has seen the fruition of a twenty-five year project for my son Edwin and myself. Having made 64,000 duplicate negatives and more recently digitised nearly 42,000 we now have made made a selection of 200 which form an exhibition currently on show at the Farmleigh Gallery in the Phoenix park, Dublin. Launched by the Irish Deputy Prime Minister it is drawing large…
Posted on November 22, 2014 at 22:00 — 3 Comments
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- At 16:42 on February 26, 2018,
David Caron said…
Hi David, I have been in the Archive and looked at some daguerrotypes there that I think may have been donated by your late friend. I'll inquire from them re documentation relating to notes for his book, etc. If you have a further source I would be very interested to hear of it. Thank you, David
- At 16:55 on August 10, 2016,
Richard Sullivan HonFRPS said…
David,
But, but... you are Irish!
OK, me too.
--Dick
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