Lot Essay
The idea of photographing underground workings was suggested by Mr. Thomas and achieved using triple flash lamps and an exposure of between two and four seconds.
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J. C. BURROW and WILLIAM THOMAS (author)
'Mongst mines and Miners; or Underground Scenes by Flash-light', 1893
A series of photographs, with explanatory letterpress, illustrating methods of working in Cornish Mines, Part I - An Account of the Photographic Experiences by J. C. Burrow, photographer to H. R. H. the Prince of Wales. Part II - A Description of the Subjects Photographed, by William Thomas, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., F.G.S., frontispiece and twenty-six mounted carbon prints, the latter each approx. 5¾ x 3¾in., contemporat red cloth, titled in gilt on upper cover and spine, g.e., 4to., London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd.
'Mongst mines and Miners; or Underground Scenes by Flash-light', 1893
A series of photographs, with explanatory letterpress, illustrating methods of working in Cornish Mines, Part I - An Account of the Photographic Experiences by J. C. Burrow, photographer to H. R. H. the Prince of Wales. Part II - A Description of the Subjects Photographed, by William Thomas, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., F.G.S., frontispiece and twenty-six mounted carbon prints, the latter each approx. 5¾ x 3¾in., contemporat red cloth, titled in gilt on upper cover and spine, g.e., 4to., London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd.