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
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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.
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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?
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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
I've wondered over the years why my biography of Picture Post lead-photographer Bert Hardy has never been published in Britain or America by paying book publishers. I've had illustrated articles about Mr. Hardy published in both countries, but not my
Read more…I am trying to find an article in this magazine that featured my late uncle who was an inventor
Read more…I'm researching William van Sommer, an amateur photographer working in autochrome process, from Weybridge in Surrey. I'd be grateful for any information about him or other autochrome practitioners in Surrey.
Read more…Erddig%20Historic%20Photo%20Group%20copy%203.pdf
I am currently researching the historic photographs at Erddig the National Trust property outside Wrexham in North Wales
The attached file is a copy of a Newsletter I have issued to a small Historic Ph
Read more…Howdy chaps. I am new to the forum so hello to one and all. I am after some infomation on a company called J Lancaster & Son who made photographic equipment from the mid 19th to the mid 20th Century. i am especially after info on their enlargers in t
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I'm trying to track down the exact wording of a notice by Fox Talbot, posted to the Times on 13 August 1852. It was a notice waiving the need for a license for amateur photographers in the UK. I've tried contacting the Times, but they d
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I am at the moment putting together a selling exhibition of botanical photography - Vintage 19th and 20th century. The exhibition will be in June accompanied by a catalogue. If anyone has any beautiful material that might fit, please g
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I am compiling an index, with photos, to the CDVs published by Rock & Co and J Simmons & Co, both of London. These designs were all comic or satirical, poking fun at the CDV craze of the period.
I have identified that there could be
Read more…Before Christmas I visited the grave of Anna Atkins and collected a plant from which I made a cyanotype. https://instagram.com/p/Bs0rKqzgGcC/
Read more…Here's a bronze relief, 10 x 24 cm, signed with a copyright symbol and the name EMANUEL (only one "M" in the name.) In case it's not legible, here's the title: THE TENTH EXHIBITION of the PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON promoted by the LINKED RING 1902. A few que
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