What kind of building is this and where??

[Gadget]

Having read through the thread again, I'm getting suspicious. Thanks for looking through your lens, Derek, you're doll's house has given me another idea 

I know that many photgraphers over the past 15 years or so have used many of the old techniques - I did some myself once or twice - and I'm now wondering if it is a modern photograph of a model/mock-up room using the glass plate technique.

There are many modern photgraphers who shoot domestic scenes from mock-ups so why not a total re-creation 

Where, when was the plate discovered, Martian?

Gadget

[Lydart]

This is bugging me !   I agree it could be a mock up ... but were they full size ?  I wouldn't have thought so.

So ifs its a dolls house (and my grand-daughter is the queen of dolls houses !) then there is always something in a dolls house that looks slightly out of scale, one piece with another ... and I don't see that in this picture.

Could it be some sort of stage set ?   One thing I would say strikes me, is that it doesn't look real - this isn't a room that someone uses for living in. 

[celia]

but I also think that the ghost is a reflection in a mirror of the photographer under his sheet  
Quote Gadget

It cannot be a reflection of the photographer under his white sheet.They used black ones don't think it is a studio. On closer inspection of the "Ghost"  it looks to me, to be A lady sitting in a sort of porch in front of a window with the sun shining on he.She also appears to have her hair in a bun. There is an outline of what looks like a shawl round her shoulders. The photo does give that doll, house feeling doesn't it,he would have to be a very small photographer though wouldn't he

 

I think it looks like an attic, possibly a servant's room  Quote Cheshiermog

I thought so to.The housekeepers or the cooks other servants would have shared a room

Celia

[Gadget]

Celia

Have a look at the original that Martian linked to in this post:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,221871.msg1163201.html#msg1163201

Gadget

[martianuk]

Your comments are hilarious! I love this board!! I've given the negative owner this link and hope to get some answers soon.....PLEASE M&D

[Dave Francis]

I'm inclined to agree that there are two beds in this room, separated by the 'sanctuary rail', the other living area being somewhat elevated.

I'd also agree that we're in the roof space - not below ground. Look at the lighting on the doors at the back. (And since the lighting appears to be natural, I wouldn't say this is a film set.)

The ghostly apparition does give me pause for thought - the perspective doesn't look right. It may just be a defect in the original photo. Or perhaps someone was trying a little photographic trickery?

Dave

[d.weaving]

Small photographer Celia ...hmmmmmm....they DO come in all sizes you know
...it would'nt really matter on this pic though cos its been taken at a wide angle...that is one narrow room don't you think...there's nothing infinite or vast about it which still makes me think that its a stage..setting etc
Derek.

[martianuk]

Okay, the neg is stored in the back of beyond at the moment and the owner has promised to dig it out tomorrow (I know, I know.....I'd like it now too!!)   . It has a sleeve with a photographer's name on it. There are 3 negs - two of the room, with one clearer than the other, and a third neg with a different picture on it. They once belonged to people who lived in London around the turn of the century (as in 1900), so it's definitely not a modern photographer's mock up.

  Kirsty

[celia]

Gadget
I did see that one but it was to dark.I just remembered my flat screen monitor is now highter up. It leans back unlike the old monitors. While sitting down the screen is darker standing up it lighter. I can now see the ladies fingers but i can also see right through her