Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Keep it at least until I come back to Wicklow County so I can see it. ;-) On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Here's a picture - Windsor Castle from the Thames by Robert Vernon Heath. > OK, it's not my own work but it is interesting - to me anyway! The picture > is 26 inches by 20 inches and was taken in the 1860s by Vernon Heath who > had > been commissioned by Queen Victoria to photograph the interior of the > castle. She also got him to take the last photograph of her husband > (consort) Prince Albert just before his death in 1861. Vernon Heath was one > of the most prominent early photographers in Britain and exhibited along > with the likes of Roger Fenton and Julia Margaret Cameron. Picked this up > last week at a sale where nobody seemed to realise what it was. Have a look > at it in large detail and yes I realise it is tired looking but it still > holds its magic for me. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Oddments/WindsorCastlefrom+the+Thames_VernonHeath.jpg.html > > I'm now agonizing over whether I should sell it on in Sothebys, Christies, > or Bonhams. She who must be obeyed says sell it, but I want to keep it. For > some inexplicable When I look at it a great tranquility descends upon my > soul > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA