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"Hi Alan Thanks for your thought. I have the impression from answers to a query on another list that there is no copy of the photo I am after with the GMT in Melbourne. Perhaps there is a copy lurking among the papers of a 19th century astronomer.…"
"Thanks, Lissa
Those are very impressive photographs, and I'm pleased to know about them. But they are not what I am looking for. I am looking for a photograph as a physical commercial object. The photograph taken by Howard Grubb was registered…"
Those are very impressive photographs, and I'm pleased to know about them. But they are not what I am looking for. I am looking for a photograph as a physical commercial object. The photograph taken by Howard Grubb was registered…"
In 1868, Howard Grubb, the Dublin telescope maker, set up the large reflecting telescope destined for Melbourne (the Great Melbourne Telescope) to test its functions. As part of this he took photographs of the moon said to exceed any taken by other…
How did people become photographers in Britain, commercial or amateur, before 1860? They couldn't enter the family business. I imagine few people had seen actual examples of photographs before visiting the Great Exhibition in London in 1851. I…
"Hi James
Thanks for following through, and thanks for the catalogue scans. Do you happen to have any examples of the "Studies of Foliage, &c"? I'd be interested to get some idea of what they are like.
I'm very interested to hear of the photo album…"
Thanks for following through, and thanks for the catalogue scans. Do you happen to have any examples of the "Studies of Foliage, &c"? I'd be interested to get some idea of what they are like.
I'm very interested to hear of the photo album…"
"Hello James, thank you for your response. I'm interested to hear of the lantern slides and stereoviews you have. Are there catalogue listings on the backs of any of the stereos? What is in the family photo album? Is the evidence of the signatures…"
I am researching the several sons of Josiah Pumphrey (1783-1861). Most of them seem to have had some involvement with photography:William P (1817-1905)Charles P (1819-1901)Josiah P (1823-1911)Samuel Baker P (1826-1912)Alfred P (1830-1913)William…
