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This article describes a Birt Acres film recorded on the 9th of November 1896. It was commissioned for The Variety Theatres and was shot in the road as the parade passed The Tivoli Theatre. If any reader is aware of this films existence I would be…
"Protheroe produced paintings for clients to order. When the painting was produced serves as an indicator to a likely date of a life changing event. A change of career, a different path in life, even death, these were the moments at which a painting…"
"This is the obverse of the CDV and it reveals two markers of interest which could help date the photograph. The first is the royal coat of arms. This is the coat of arms of the Prince of Wales, Albert Edward and it is not a Royal Warrant. There was…"
"There was one exception to the living and the dead Protheroes (mentioned in an earlier post) and the continuance of the trading style. It is a living familial Protheroe who traded as a photographic Protheroe in Bristol. In the interests of…"
"Searching for evidence of Thomas Protheroe's photographic work I ended at the National Portrait Gallery where I found just one entry. The entry is listed above as the image marked with a yellow star and circle. This is listed as a bromide print -…"
"Relighting the image to a state close to as the photographer intended and removing discolorations shows an image more closely resembling the photographers original interpretation. I call this type of lighting effect (lit from above) 'ecclesiastic'…"
Stephen Herbert makes a rare guest appearence in a CBS video posted on my site today. Stephen comments on the 'Le Prince incident'.
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This is a photograph of Winston Churchill standing with his school friend and later army colleague Hoare on Harrow School cricket playing fields. The photograph was taken with a Kodak No2 camera. This is identifiable from the original image…
"Hello Michael. I have found corroborative evidence not only for the location but for the possible date proffered. You are right it is difficult to identify these beach wet plates but they are full of incredible detail and some surprises. To the…"
"Sad news. We exchanged a few words and I found Stephen at all times a most pleasant man and an absolute expert in his field."
"Hello Michael and Robert,
I did the identification of the subjects and the identification of venue and the likely date of it's execution.
All images bearing the mark KASTORYANO ORIGINAL are identifications of sitters, subjects and/or places by me…"
I did the identification of the subjects and the identification of venue and the likely date of it's execution.
All images bearing the mark KASTORYANO ORIGINAL are identifications of sitters, subjects and/or places by me…"
This is a found UK wet plate collodion. It is a beach momento and like all such photgraphs an informal - for the time - snapshot in time. This is a fine example of 1880's black tent and wet chemical beach photography. It is the photographic…
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David,
The b&w photo of the College Street house in Bristol you posted, demolished by Bristol Corporation as was all the street although protected, proved not to be the birthplace of Wm F-G, although for years it was believed to have been, until Reece Winstone FRPS, organiser of the 1955 centenary of F-G's birth - Bristol end, sought clarification from the City Architvist. She advised that the street had been renumbered and that the birthplace was a double-fronted house at the back of the Council House (now 'City Hall'), no 12 College Street. See Bristol As It Was 1953-56 by Reece Winstone, pp 33-45 for fully illustrated story.
John Winstone - www.reecewinstone.co.uk