Rob Orland
Historic Coventry
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Fri 10th Mar 2023 3:31pm
On 10th Mar 2023 10:38am, bk said:
Following on from the discussion on Wingrave, I acquired this book, which has 70 Wingrave plates, including several (Bayley Lane and Gosford Street) which appear in the Selves set. Selves are celluloid copies of original negs. . . .
That's a smashing little book, Ben - I only wish the images in it were much larger! If any of my Wingrave photos are of any use to you, please have a look through these in my collection and let me know. I can let you have the high resolution scans I took of them - generally 6 to 10 megapixels in size - particularly the ones I mentioned getting two years ago. |
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Sun 12th Mar 2023 4:23pm
Rob, that's wonderful. Did you scan these at the archives or from another source? I'd be delighted to put them into Cov Dig.
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Prof
Gloucester
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Mon 13th Mar 2023 9:20am
My offer to gift a copy of Rise & Fall of St. Michael's is in no way dependent on a swap with a copy of the History of the Blue Coat School. I'd post it to anyone interested in this beautifully produced informative volume.
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Rob Orland
Historic Coventry
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Mon 13th Mar 2023 10:22am
On 12th Mar 2023 4:23pm, bk said:
Rob, that's wonderful. Did you scan these at the archives or from another source? I'd be delighted to put them into Cov Dig.
They're my own, Ben - I bought an original set of over 20 Wingrave photos a couple of years ago. I can share my scans via Google Drive with you, or if you need higher resolution scans, then you're welcome to borrow them. |
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Helen F
Warrington
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Mon 13th Mar 2023 11:22am
You're a very kind man, Rob
I think that the Herbert ought to do a series of exhibitions based on its artists and Wingrave was prolific enough to feature all on his own.
I can assure people that the book the Prof is kindly offering is a great book. |
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Mon 13th Mar 2023 1:10pm
Dear Rob
Perhaps you might like to come over and scan them yourself on my equipment? I take photographs of negatives as the sensor of the camera is much better than a scanner. It's possible that by next month we could have your 20 Wingrave negatives on Cov Dig scanned on my soon-to-arrive Mirrorless CanonR5 with a brand new macro lens. You can obviously take copies home with you!
FYI, I have also purchased a Zeutschel OMNISCAN OS C2 book scanner, which I expect to arrive in May. I purchased the Poole book you mentioned for a bargain £65 and intend to scan and OCR the book for Cov Dig. It would mean that the image of the page, and the text, would be searchable.
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Rob Orland
Historic Coventry
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Tue 14th Mar 2023 10:07am
On 13th Mar 2023 11:22am, Helen F said:
You're a very kind man, Rob
I think that the Herbert ought to do a series of exhibitions based on its artists and Wingrave was prolific enough to feature all on his own.
I can assure people that the book the Prof is kindly offering is a great book.
Thank you, Helen, you're so kind yourself! I definitely agree about Wingrave - I don't believe he gets the recognition he deserves as Coventry's very first principal photographer. Even 160 years later, many modern digital cameras would struggle to capture the quality of many of the images he took.... although, to be fair, at least people don't have to stand still for 60 seconds nowadays!
I also agree about the book being kindly offered by Prof, which gives a complete history of the evolution of our "Old Cathedral" from its beginnings as a chapel in the bailey of the castle through its gradual enlargement to the huge church and cathedral we now recognise. |
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Rob Orland
Historic Coventry
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Tue 14th Mar 2023 10:19am
And wow, thank you, Ben, that's an extremely kind offer! It will be fascinating to see how your super new equipment operates, and to compare the quality with the scans I've obtained. My scanner is a reasonable one, though - an Epson V800 with an optical resolution of 6,400 DPI - but obviously there's more to scanning than pure resolution.
And well done for purchasing that Poole book. Your idea to OCR it is fantastic, and will be a great resource for our members and many others. Ah, the wonders of having a University budget! |
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Robthu
Coventry
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Tue 14th Mar 2023 1:51pm
On 14th Mar 2023 10:07am, Rob Orland said:
On 13th Mar 2023 11:22am, Helen F said:
I think that the Herbert ought to do a series of exhibitions based on its artists and Wingrave was prolific enough to feature all on his own.
I definitely agree about Wingrave - I don't believe he gets the recognition he deserves as Coventry's very first principal photographer. Even 160 years later, many modern digital cameras would struggle to capture the quality of many of the images he took.... although, to be fair, at least people don't have to stand still for 60 seconds nowadays!
I can only second what Rob says about Wingrave and his son is well worth looking up as well.
Father and son. |
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Annewiggy
Tamworth
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Sat 18th Mar 2023 1:32pm
Just been browsing through some of my books and came across my copy of 'Coventry between the Wars' by Arnold Stringer. Although I can find reference to them in the CET, when he died they were inherited by his children and there were exhibitions of them. I wondered if anyone knew what finally became of the collection. |
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Helen F
Warrington
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Sat 18th Mar 2023 5:54pm
Are they photos or paintings Anne? |
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Annewiggy
Tamworth
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Sat 18th Mar 2023 8:09pm
They are photos Helen. It says in the book he worked as an engineer but was an avid photographer. He took a lot around Coventry. The book contains just a few of them. Many of his pictures were reproduced in the Telegraph. |
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Helen F
Warrington
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Sun 19th Mar 2023 9:36pm
I think that I've got a copy of the book and I was a bit underwhelmed, not because they were bad pictures, just because I thought that I'd seen them all. So it could be that either the book had the more iconic (read well known) views or that his collection or part of it were already in the Herbert collection. I don't think that I've come across them as a separate archive somewhere. |
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Helen F
Warrington
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Fri 24th Mar 2023 11:26am
Buy it now of the excellent Sydney Bunney book - Coventry - Impressions of a graceful city. £2.60 |
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NeilsYard
Coventry
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Fri 24th Mar 2023 12:00pm
Bargain! |
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