Firstly, a long shot ...but I do not suppose anyone on here bought lot 375 earlier this week from Lawrences auction House (10 Union Cases) ...
Secondly, does anyone know of either bricks and mortar shops or online sites that have Union Cases for sale
Read more…Dear friends of Art Blart. A call for help!
Just putting this out there in the ether of the cosmos because you never know, its spirit might hear you.
I am looking for a research fellowship or postdoc work in photography anywhere in the world.
After m
Read more…After the US entered World War I, at least some commercial photographers donated used glass plate negatives for use in gas masks and aviation goggles. Did this also occur in England? Is there a contemporary source?
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I recently acquired an L.W. Kranz lens but have no good idea of what I really have. Examples of other lenses by this maker I found on the web have a number engraved either above or below the maker's name, but the one I have does not. It's 14cm tall
Read more…I inherited a carte de visite by Oscar Rejlander and wanted to find out more about the photo. Do you think this is just a copy of one of his popular photographs or something that was created specially for the people in the picture? The back of the CD
Read more…Does anyone know where there is a copy of Jabez Hogg's anonymously published pamphlet Photography Made Easy. A Practical Manual of Photography from 1843. There are plenty of copies of the 1845 rdition, but I can't find the first edition.
Read more…Hi! This is my first post! I need help in identifying the photo-studio where this photo was shot, probably 1907, or very early 1908, when the tyrolean giantess -- Maria Fassnauer -- was touring the UK.
In the bottom right corner there is a signature
Read more…Can anyone point me to a source of information about the publisher / photographer J. Kuhn in 19th-century Paris? I've just bought a huge albumen print of a cathedral interior, and can't find which it might be in any of the standard UK, US, or Irish a
Read more…I found a watkins Eikronometer and am trying to find info on the watkins factorial development method. Would like to know if there is a museum or anything near where they were made that might have information...
Read more…Can anybody help me with the confusion over Isaac West Taber and Isaiah West Taber - Are they the same person?
I am researching East London Photographers and am looking for details about the Taber Bas Relief Photographic Syndicate Ltd, which was at S
Read more…This year is the 200th anniversary of the first stone being laid for the construction of the Menai Suspension Bridge. This predates photography but as a trustee of Menai Heritage I'm interested in finding any early photographic images of either of th
Read more…Can anyone advise me as to where I could get a reproduction of this image for publication (in a scholarly anthology)? It is in Margaret Harker's monograph on Robinson as plate 32 but is listed as only in Harker's own collection.Robinson%20Here%20They
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I recently acquired a Grubb brass bound lens and I wondered if anyone could date it, I assume it is a Petzval type but would like to know a bit more. It is engraved “A2 Grubb Dublin 993” . I have put a couple of photos of it at http://tinyurl.co
Read more…I wonder if anyone has access to a copy of the above which still has its advertisements intact? I am looking for a scan of the advert for Grubb lenses in this issue because it is referred to in later adverts. Any similar information would also be muc
Read more…Hello everyone,
I need to identify the process used for some photographs in order or date them, however my brain is having an off day and I cannot conclude on what I think they are.
Hi all,
I'm an MA History of Photography student at Birkbeck, though based in Edinburgh, and am currently researching modern tintype practices and practitioners. Wondered if there are any out there who'd be happy to share with me why they do what the
Read more…Hello, my name is Carolina and I am working on a dissertation regarding the photographer Antonio Beato in the Aberystwyth University..
My research is on a few of his photographs to prove why he is an important, underrated photographer, having done al
Read more…The RHS will be holding a small exhibition later in the year featuring autochromes and I wonder if any-one has a period diascope we can borrow for display in secure case in an invigilated space?
Read more…Hello,
last year I bought an album containing handwritten poems and some photographies. The first dated entry within the album is 22 Jan 1862.
Please help me identify this officer most likely out of the American Civil War.
Thanks and kind regards,
Rebec
