I am blogging about how London's buildings have changed since the 1870s, using photos taken this summer to compare with those taken by Henry Dixon. I'd welcome your comments http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/pointsofview/london-then-and-now/ You
Read more…Hi, I have a colleague who is studying botanical exploration in Latin America and particularly the work of Everard im Thurn, a British author/explorer/botanist/anthropologist, and it would appear photographer - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everar
Read more…If anyone knows anything about Joy & Ifor Thomas, former photography teachers at Guildford in the 50s will they please get in touch.
Read more…Hello all......(again) The late Dorothy Wilding is (or rather was) Britain's most famous female photographer. In fact she was the first woman to be awarded a Royal Warrant to be the official photographer to a King & Queen at their coronation, and on
Read more…I collect vintage studio portraits; my latest acquisitions are several by the late Bertram Park [1883-1972] who, as many of you will know, operated from a studio in Dover Street, Picadilly, London. The images I have of his are printed on a really fl
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I am often sent privately-owned ambrotypes to work on. Most of them are dateable from dress to the mid-late 1850s or early 1860s but occasionally there is a query as to whether they could possibly be pre- 1854, the year when I understand (
Hi to everyone i am researching the history of the above factory one of Birminghams giants amongst many. Can anyone point me in the right direction regarding photographs collections etc, Thankyou.
Read more…Hi All, Can anyone date the mount of this unusual cabinet image - it is not a style I have seen before. And if there is anyone out there who could throw some light on the cars, that would be a real bonus! The cabinet print was discovered in Scotland
Read more…Hello, I'm looking for a SV from William England called "The Glacier of Rhône - Switzerland" Thank's to help me.....
Read more…Here's a platinum print of the botanist Harry Marshall Ward, Cambridge Professor credited with revolutionizing the study of Botany in Great Britain. He's the subject of a recent (2005) biography, Harry Marshall Ward and the Fungal Thread of Death. T
Read more…Dear Colleagues I should like to know what holdings there are in British public collections. I am aware of the V&A holdings but not of others. Many thanks - Mark Haworth-Booth
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
Read more…I’m currently collaborating with a forensic scientist to use handwriting analysis to help attribute a group of 19th century stereoviews. Is anyone aware of any other studies using handwriting or forensic science to attribute images?
Read more…Dear friends, I am writing a MA dissertation on six albums of carte-de-visite. I'm looking for help in finding details about album factories in XIX century Europe. I know Mr. Antoine Maitre was the most important album producer in Dijon (1860s), and
Read more…I hope no-one minds me posting this to the forum, but I thought people may find this story interesting given its uniqueness. Today my earliest precisely dated photograph is exactly 150 years old. Taken 29 June 1859, it shows a then 12-year-old Edmun
Read more…Can anyone tell me how well-known Robert Howlett's portrait of Brunel in front of the launching chains of the Great Eastern was in its/his/their own day? Was it reproduced or published as an engraving before 1900? Or is its celebrity a creation of 2
Read more…Hello everyone, Well I have just joined the group, so I send you all my greetings. I also have a request that I hope someone may be able to help me with. I am in the closing stages of an MA by Research looking at 'alternative' approaches to photogra
Read more…Greetings all Would anyone know of any other colonial daguerreotype license granted by Richard Beard - other than to George B Goodman from London, who was the first commercial daguerreotypist to set up shop in Australia in Sydney in December 1842.
Read more…Does anyone know of a table that correlates the no. de fabrication of autochromes (stamped on the boxes) with the date of production? Or know anyone who might know? (OK they are French, but they were used by the Brits ...) Hopefully Giles Hudson
Read more…Hi, I am looking at the possibility of selling my Claudet daguerreotype. Sadly I need to help fund the purchase of a new car, of all the mundane things! I would be grateful for any suggestions of the best way to sell this piece, and estimates of wha
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