Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On we can do the "Print around the country" and ship the print to any who wants to see it :-) On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]