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Regarding the handwriting part of the question: I recently undertook a piece of research in collaboration with Dr Ian Turner, a forensic scientist who specialises in handwriting identification. I was struck by how potentially misleading handwriting…
I agree this early print has some of the attributes we associate with McCosh, especially the distinctive trimming of the corners and black borders. But before we jump to a conclusion, have you looked at the album of his work at the National Army Mus…
Hello all,
I wonder whether anyone could help me identify this calotype of an Indian temple?
The handwriting on the verso reminds me of John McCosh's.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Meir
P.S:I thought I should clarify that I am trying to identify the photogrape…
Hello all,
I wonder whether anyone could help me identify this calotype of an Indian temple?
The handwriting on the verso reminds me of John McCosh's.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Meir
Hello Karen,
I have a fair collection of Claudet dags,including three stereo dags.
They date from different periods and studios with several different logos on the cases.
None bar one are identified .
Please let me know how I can help.
Regards,
Meir
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Calotype of Indian temple
Hello all,
I wonder whether anyone could help me identify this calotype of an Indian temple?
The handwriting on the verso reminds me of John McCosh's.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Meir
P.S:I thought I should clarify that I am trying to identify the photograper of the calotype.
I know that the temple depicted is the Mandhardevi temple in Wai Taluka in the Satara district in India, where 300 people were killed and 200 injured in a stampede on 25th January 2005.
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I wonder whether anyone could help me identify this calotype of an Indian temple?
The handwriting on the verso reminds me of John McCosh's.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Meir
P.S:I thought I should clarify that I am trying to identify the photograper of the calotype.
I know that the temple depicted is the Mandhardevi temple in Wai Taluka in the Satara district in India, where 300 people were killed and 200 injured in a stampede on 25th January 2005.
… Continue
Posted on November 8, 2009 at 11:10am — 2 Comments
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- At 5:45pm on November 11, 2009,
Larry J Schaaf said…
- I don't recall if you have seen my 1989 facsimile of The Pencil of Nature but this is figure 37 in the Introductory Volume. You might be amused that Harrison Horblitt marked his copy as being extracted from an Art Union (it is now at Harvard). My Catalogue Raisonne number for this image is Schaaf 1445. I'm not really used to communicating like this through a 'social network' (is that what it is?) - please feel free to contact me directly at ljs@verizon.net - or we can continue through here - if you have many Talbots, perhaps you could send me scans and whatever details you have on them - I'll integrate the information into the Catalogue Raisonne (your identity can be kept private, if you wish) and pass along any information that I already have on the images. Larry
- At 1:53pm on November 11, 2009,
Larry J Schaaf said…
- Hello, good to hear from you again after lo these many years. Lacking the dimensions, paper type and a larger image, I can only guess so much. While Jones did a number of views of the Temple of Vesta this is not one that I know. I would not have thought of Jones stylistically looking at this, especially the low camera angle and lack of integration of the background. Rev. Bridges? But of course there were a lot of photographers active in Rome in the 1840s and it could be just about anybody. Are there any markings? Provenance? Larry
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