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I could not resist sharing this albumen print taken in about 1880s.
I admired its content and composition which I think is outstanding.
I would appreciate any clarification about the location. Could it be Ramsgate?
Thanks
ContinuePosted on October 19, 2013 at 8:30 — 3 Comments
I thought I would share an image (carbon print on porcelain plaque) of these lady chess players in my collection. The plaque measures 13x17 cm approximately. The composition reminded me of similar images by Lewis Carroll.
Any information about authorship would be welcomed.
Thanks.…
ContinuePosted on November 12, 2012 at 19:00
Seeing a new copy of a Calotype for identification in the recent blogs made me think of a calotype in my collection. It measures approximately 18x11 cm. I enclose images of the Calotype and watermark which reads Turner photo paper. I would appreciate any comments about the location of the bridge and the photographer. Regards, Meir…
Posted on May 29, 2012 at 9:00 — 1 Comment
In his television series "Britain's First Photo Album", broadcast on the 12th March on BBC2, John Sergeant repeatedly refers to the John Thomson photo of "Covent Garden Flower Women" as having been taken by Francis Frith.
He also shows another Thomson photo "Covent Garden Labourers" in the same Frith context.
Can this be an oversight or is it a new…
ContinuePosted on March 25, 2012 at 10:27 — 2 Comments
Victoria and Albert Museum's photography collection
National Science and Media Museum
RPS Journal 1853-2012 online and searchable
Photographic History Research Centre, Leicester
Birkbeck History and Theory of Photography Research Centre
William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné
British Photography. The Hyman Collection
The Press Photo History Project Mapping the photo agencies and photographers of Fleet Street and the UK
The correspondence of William Henry Fox Talbot
Historic England Archive
UAL Photography and Photography and the Archive Research Centre
Royal Photographic Society's Historical Group
www.londonstereo.com London Stereoscopic Company / T. R. Williams
www.earlyphotography.co.uk British camera makers and companies
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock.
National Portrait Gallery, London
http://www.freewebs.com/jb3d/
Alfred Seaman and the Photographic Convention
Frederick Scott Archer
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