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House Detectives & Royal Exchanges

30 Sep 2016: Readers may recall that a few months ago I posted some observations and musings about Nicolaas Henneman’s printing operation that he had set up at Kensal Green, just outside London and its heavily polluted air and enfeebled sunlight. Amazingly, the architectural plans for modifying Monument House in the early 1850s survive, revealing an unusual configuration …

Of Loss, Lauds, Leaps, and Lazarus

16 Mar 2018: Given Henry’s early and intense interest in mathematics, we must not forget that Wednesday this week was National Pi Day (3.14) and renew our pondering of just what Talbot might have thought of digital photography. Like many, I was devastated when Monday morning brought the terrible news that Pete James had passed away the previous …

Miscellanea Photogenica, No. 7

17 Nov 2017: An occasional series of tasty morsels that cross my desk More on Kensal Green Long time readers of this blog will know that we are trying to put together the bits and pieces of the history of Nicolaas Henneman’s printing works at Kensal Green, just outside London towards the site of Eastman Kodak’s later (and …

Sleuthing in a Library’s Davenport

10 Nov 2017: In 2004, an era of relative tranquility when unsolicited emails were less common, I recoiled at the word ‘Law’ in the From line. Normally lawyer-averse, I was relieved to see that this came from a Harvard librarian in their Law School’s Special Collections. Mary Person had become intrigued by the signature on the flypage of …