Take a Mansion, a Painting Palette, and Add a Bottle of Wine

28 Apr 2017: . Of the thousands of photographs in the Catalogue Raisonné, each raises its own questions, some apparently simple, some complex. Why this subject? Why frame it this way? From when does it date? How does it relate to others with a similar subject or approach? But there are some photographs that seem so terribly out …

Earth Day & Henry

21 Apr 2017: . Political controversy was no stranger to Talbot’s day and in fact he was deeply caught up in the plight of the Chartists and the incredible disparity between the income of the common man and the enormous amount of wealth reserved by the ‘one %’ of his day. And the relationship between Science and Religion …

A Tribute to Lilly

14 Apr 2017: . We’ve talked about Henry’s influential mother, Lady Elisabeth Theresa Feilding, née Fox Strangways (16 Nov 1773 – 12 Mar 1846) from time to time (and there will be more), Her kickname within the family was ‘Lilly’ and given the season that seemed sufficient reason to pass along out greetings to her. Lillies are sometimes …

The Layers of History

7 Apr 2017: . I hope that I am not speaking out of school here, but I have just learned that one of our major sponsors, the photographer and collector William Talbott Hillman has just added another really significant image to his collection, It is a beautiful and evocative photograph in itself and I suspect is well known …