A heartfelt thanks to staff and fellows for their engagement and encouragement in the development of this research @sciencehistory.org. 2/2 www.sciencehistory.org/research/fel...

The workshop will coincide with the exquisite work of Siân Davey. Davey's 'The Garden' is showing at Stills as part of Edinburgh Art Festival 2025.

A heartfelt thanks to Pam Mendelsohn and the Humboldt Area Foundation + Wild Rivers Community Humboldt Area Foundation. It is a privilege to work through Peter’s papers and to read his selected readings and writings on women in early photography.

Peter Palmquist’s (1936-2003) papers on women in photography are vast. This is the only occasion in my research where the figures I am studying have had their own categorised entry under ‘photography’. My only regret is to have not had the chance to speak to such a key historian of photography.

The grants were established by Peter’s lifetime companion, Pam Mendelsohn. Its remit is to support ‘the study of under-researched women photographers internationally and under-researched Western American photographers through The Great Depression’.

I've written more on the topic here: Pictures and progress? Frederick Douglass and early Scottish photography: www.vam.ac.uk/blog/museum-...

In 1840s Scotland, both men sought out Burns’ younger sister, Isabella, and their encounters survive today: Hill’s calotype photograph of her is held at the National Galleries of Scotland, while Douglass’ recollections of meeting the poet’s sister are captured in the Frederick Douglass Papers.

But it was the national bard, Robert Burns, to whom he returned time and again throughout his life. Hill was similarly taken by the poet and illustrated the 1840 book 'The Land of Burns'.

Although Hill and Douglass almost certainly never met, they moved in similar circles and had interests in common. Douglass held Scotland, particularly its landscape and literature, in high regard – he famously named himself after a character in Sir Walter Scott’s Lady of the Lake.

You’re at the APS @amphilsociety.bsky.social? I just enjoyed a short research period there - enjoy!

Photograph of a painting of Joseph Priestley, a key figure in Fulhame's work.

Credit: American Philosophical Society. Gift of Mrs. Caspar Wistar, 28 March 1818.

Lol, just read this again. Got up at 5am today for a flight. 2016.

Fun! We went to this too-2026, I think? The perfect combination for us as I was there for Eggleston 😉