Windsor Castle
PhotographerR.R. Rawkins
CountryEngland
MediumPlatinum
PortfolioHand Camera Postal Club Portfolio: 1904
Year1904
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Boats, Buildings, Landscape, Rivers, Marine: Rowboats, Men: Leisure Time, Postal Photographic-Print Exchange Clubs, Rivers, Supports
Dimensions
Image Dimensions: 5.2 x 7.7 cm
Support Dimensions: 30.6 x 25.0 cm green art paper secondary mount; hairline cream and black art paper primary supports
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This marine study shows two men in sculls on the River Thames with Windsor Castle in the distance. It was taken by English amateur Ralph Rowland Rawkins 1874-1951. The following details for the print were supplied on a paper label for the club included within the portfolio:
Title: Windsor Castle
Date, and Time: Aug. 1904
Camera, and Lens: Pony Premo 5 x 4
Plate or FIlm: Kodak film
Exposure: 1/100th sec.
Process: Platinum C.C. matted by pressure
Photographed by: R.R. Rawkins
A separate notebook included with The Hand Camera Postal Club, identified as Portfolio No. 7, with 20 mounted photographs from a roster of 11 members taken in the year 1904 gives the following two written comments for Windsor Castle by R.R. Rawkins, the Honorary Secretary for the club:
This is a little gem. The mounting is in such excellent taste. -Jeannie Welford
A nice little print. -F.W.H. (F.W. Hawksworth)
spotting to print: see accompanying blog post link on this page for photographic enlargement.