I posted during the year a notice about the talk I was giving at the extant 19th Century Darkroom at Strokestown Park House in Strokestown, County Roscommon, Ireland. The talk was well received and was repeated again at the site in late October. Also in October I gave a revised version of the talk online to the Research Group of the Photographic Collectors Club of Great Britain (PCCGB). That version of the talk has now been posted on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3tokUD-FGY&t=2178s
Comments would be greatly welcomed, particularly as regards the techniques employed by the photographer Henry Pakenham Mahon, some of which are described in his notebooks which survive. Of particular interest are the use of the exposure tables in Burton's Photographer's Notebook and also his use of Fitch's film which was relatively new in the late 1890s and early 1900s.
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A fascinating YT presentation which I thoroughly enjoyed. Have you solved the problem of the writing on the wall at about 29 minutes in? If not - I can probably help.
Bob Naylor
Thanks, Bob. Let me know if you are likely to be in Ireland and travelling to Strokestown so that we can look at the pencil writing of HPM together. To be honest, I probably need to take good photos of the now faint pencil writing from 130 years ago and to examine what is there off-site. The writing is not at eye level and requires bending down in a dark corner of the darkroom to try to read it. How HPM managed to read his own writing many years ago escapes me. What is there looks to me like his own formulae for various chemical mixes and processes such developer, hypo etc. My next visit to Strokestown may be in the Spring. I hope to examine the boxes of negatives, which are not in great condition, but which could be historically important.
William
I look forward to watching this William. Many thanks for posting the video on Youtube.
Wilson
Thanks, Wilson. I look forward to your reaction to this. Happy New Year to you and yours.
William