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Ambrotype - Photograph or Photograph of a painting?
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Hi,I recently added an ambrotype of St Mary's Church Alderley Cheshire to my collection. The glass plate it is on is 2 3/4 by 3 1/4 inches mounted with a matt within a gutta purcha frame. Written on…Continue
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Gavin Maitland replied to Nigel Richards's discussion Ambrotype - Photograph or Photograph of a painting?
John Hannavy replied to Nigel Richards's discussion Ambrotype - Photograph or Photograph of a painting?"Hi Nigel,
A belated addition to the conversation....
Painting - and by an artist who has the sun shining from two different directions. The east face of the tower is in sunlight, while the east gable of the church is in shadow. In a romantic…"
Nigel Richards replied to Nigel Richards's discussion Ambrotype - Photograph or Photograph of a painting?"Thanks, its good to have other opinions, the bluring of the figure may be due to lens abberations rather than movement during a long exposure and the flying birds are just too sharp. I will visit the church and see if they know of…"
Brett Payne replied to Nigel Richards's discussion Ambrotype - Photograph or Photograph of a painting?"Quite apart from the striations in the sky mentioned by David, the depth of contrast in the image, the nature of the deep shadows, the shadowed area in the foreground, and the picked out details such as on the roof, all suggest to me that original…"
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Hi,I recently added an ambrotype of St Mary's Church Alderley Cheshire to my collection. The glass plate it is on is 2 3/4 by 3 1/4 inches mounted with a matt within a gutta purcha frame. Written on the back is simply Alderly Church. The church is situated opposite the site of the company where I worked for the best part of thirty years in Nether Alderley. A scan of the ambrotype is attached. Acording to an entry in Wikipedia the ambrotype shows the church before the chancel was rebuilt in…See More
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