Plate 9:  Two different trial illuminations of a colored picture
(This plate added FEB 2004)

HE two photographs on this page were taken under different lighting conditions. Because the photographer's removable black setting for small displays had not yet been constructed, the colored picture, a cigarette card, was posed on top of the slipcase for the dictionary seen in Plate 1, and the entire black matting board, seen in Plate 4, was positioned upright as a backdrop. --more--
This photograph, at 1.2 megapixel resolution, was illuminated by an everyday 60-watt bulb in the light fixture shown in Plate 6	This photograph, at 1.2 megapixel resolution, was illuminated by a 100-watt floodlamp in the light fixture shown in Plate 6
The picture, a cigarette card, depicts an officer of The Honorable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms during the Coronation of His Majesty King George VI in 1937. See Plate 8 for photos of a cast metal figure representing a similar subject. After a serious appraisal of both photographs, the collector and the photographer both agreed that they preferred the illumination provided by the 100-watt floodlamp. Go to top of page