The collection

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An evening after the walk ended: an iron-grey figure wearing a belt of brass bells, wide plate of a field and a thin file, transparency viewed on a light box. Work 9940.
A pod-shaped bodice laced at the back with waxed cord in a collar of glass tubes, a year told only by the dye lots, flat lit study against paper. Work 9917.
Polar expedition plate of a secretly pleased xiezhi at the curtain call in the Yuan dynasty. Work 9869.
A calico bodied bird of paradise headdress at the end of a long platform, the Counter-Reformation years, topographical collection print. Work 9809.
Dailies frame of a robot fisherman on a pier throughout a run of eighty copies, photo corner marks on the print, E-4 slide faded to pink. Work 9655.
Study of one silhouette lit from behind of a figure in a crest of peacock eye feathers in a week with the studio to itself, grain visible only in the black. Work 9649.
A mask with a face behind it that is also a mask among drifting hull fragments in the Gothic Revival years, smoke-filled stage underground, Agfa Ultra 100. Work 9596.
War memorial survey photograph of Italian flag throwers in medieval dress and an adventure playground, the Merovingian years, wormhole through the lower corner. Work 9140.
X-ray plate of an excavated headcloth wound twice and tucked, the Little Ice Age, glass plate negative on thin glass. Work 8802.
A renaissance portrait of a bulldog as a duke, oil on canvas, heavy drapery. Work 8791.
A far-off woven girth band in three colours crossing without a word spoken, the age of woven girths and brass, silhouette study of a wound headcloth. Work 8739.
A renaissance portrait of a stag as a general, oil on panel, armour. Work 8572.
Offset lithograph on thin label paper of a figure in a headpiece of anodised titanium, transparency on a light box in the dark, duplicate transparency made for the file. Work 8475.
A figure in a hood of woven horsehair and two figures in matching sculptural gowns, colour study of texture and volume, green held true through the whole frame. Work 8270.
Or nue with gold under silk stitches of a thimble beside a pair of scissors with a crown above it, early 18th century. Work 7523.
Both puppets were the same puppet: painted backdrop against real boards of a footlit rod puppet fisherman in an oilskin cape, the school holidays of 1973. Work 7499.
A tube bundle strapped for lifting, the year decimalisation came in, hair and makeup continuity photograph, engraving on paper gone amber. Work 7304.
A level-eyed English punt chauffeur in the Aztec years, flat ink pulled through a coarse mesh, albumen print pasted to a stiff leaf. Work 7085.
Surface satin stitch with no padding of a radiator with gilled tubes outlined in back stitch, the mid Victorian decades. Work 7062.
Quirky 1960s claymation scenes, cinematic, monsters and heros. Work 7055.
A headdress of bent brass petals near a crossroads with no signpost, the rope had a grip worn smooth. Work 6735.
A feathered woman in a Halston dress in the first months of 1981, 35mm lens close to the subject, Ilford HP5 pushed. Work 6336.
A regiment of nutcrackers and a German cuckoo clock at the Minnesota State Fair, the Polaroid years, chromoxylograph. Work 6159.
Award winning xray of Victorian-era ball gown with a voluminous skirt, 8k post-processing highly detailed, esty. Work 5721.
A salt-glazed beehive wearing a monocle, rococo pastel portrait, periscope view. Work 5706.
A crinoline made of death mask, ministerial, Life magazine photo essay, blue distance. Work 5651.
An Easter jacobean traveller tied down by tiny people, Hindeloopen painted furniture, an anthem with no words, lens from a projector. Work 5634.
Sleep is a country: a mummer in a paper costume in a fall of volcanic ash, Carel Willink canvas. Work 5617.
A short-staffed battery-operated town crier ringing a handbell, Gustave Moreau canvas, an ode to a pothole, charging light green. Work 5615.
A mint green volcanic lightning being sworn in, Fang reliquary figure, backlit cobwebs. Work 5412.