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| Keywords: Stereo card Lynmouth beach 001.jpg 1860s stereoview picture which has the original label on the back Lynmouth from the beach Lynton N Devon Photographed and published by W Palmer This is Lynton in Devon England The photographer ran the family firm William Eastman Palmer Sons in the Plymouth area in the 1860s and 1870s ;Points of interest If the image is viewed at full size horses can be seen in front of the buildings The viewpoint from below the tideline among rocks and bladder wrack seaweed was possibly an imaginative and courageous one in the early days of photography It would not be easy to manhandle the heavy mahogany camera and its iron tripod across slippery rocks with few flat areas on which to erect the tripod It would probably require the cooperation of two or three men to take this single photograph The wild landscape with the distant hills echoing the foreground rocks is a continuation of the concept of the Sublime an 18th century idea that beauty is perceived through fear At a time when wild beaches and empty hills looked fearful yet beautiful to townspeople - the Sublime still seemed glamorous This is an unedited scan Editors please note that the original backing card really is shabby but it must be understood that it is about 150 years old Also it might be inadvisable to attempt to adjust contrast and brightness as the dark areas of the photograph have darkened with age and the light areas have faded Therefore any attempt to improve contrast or brightness would cause loss of detail in the light or dark areas If an edited version of this image is required on Wikipedia please consider uploading the edited version as a separate file and keeping this original version as it is Thank you for your patience in this matter --Storye book <span class signature-talk >talk</span> 07 56 28 March 2011 UTC Scan of stereoview photo in my possession s 1860 William Eastman Palmer d 1896 out of copyright The reverse of the card is here File Stereo card label Lynmouth beach 002 jpg PD-old-70-1923 William Eastman Palmer Stereo cards of the United Kingdom Lynmouth before 1952 Seaweed in art North coast of Devon Beaches of Devon | ||||
