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Collodion

There is something very satisfying about coating plates!

Victorian Sensation Essay

Now that the MOOC has ended and the marks are in… Miss Helen [Ellen] Murray, albumen print from a wet collodion negative by Dr John Adamson, 1850s T.1942.1.1.162…

Journey to… Cote d’Azur

Journey to … Helsingør

On the north-east coast of Zealand in eastern Denmark lies Helsingør. The name is derived from the word hals meaning “neck” or “narrow strait”, referring to the narrowest…

Journey to… Newhailes

James Smith (c. 1645–1731) was a Scottish architect, who pioneered the Palladian style in Scotland. In 1686 he purchased the estate of Whitehill, near Musselburgh (c.1690), to build…

Journey to… Kew Gardens – Part 1

Kew Gardens was founded in 1840 and has the worlds largest collection of living plants.

Journey to… Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe is a part of the London Borough of Southwark. The Thames path gives views to The City. But it is what happens beneath the Thames that made…

Journey to… Canary Wharf

Canary Wharf is located in the West India Docks on the Isle of Dogs in the Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London. Undergoing constant development it evolves…

RA Summer Exhibition

The RA Summer Exhibition was a cornucopia of delights – the wall colours – the floor – the entrance courtyard – and the rest of the art (and…