Well, FWIW.. It's in Alun Lewis "Letters to My Wife" (Seren 1989) and it's in Gweno's account of tracing his body. "Oh best beloved - only the long bones?"

It was a LONG time ago! I wouldn't have been able to tell a good biog from a bad. Will report if I find anything...

It's odd: seeing it now - it isn't quite the poem I remember. The one I recall, IIRC, involved Gweno Lewis saying to the dead Alun "Only the long bones, my love?" I read a Lewis biog many years ago and am now wondering if what I am thinking of is in there.

In "85 Poems" -

I've absolutely read it myself. I'll see what I can find.

..but his premises, 74 High Street in Bedford, would continue as a photographic practice for a further century, not being relinquished by the profession until 1961. Downes was Bedford's first really important photographer, capturing the town's transformational 1860s and 1870s. (Ends)

Cundall went on to make the astonishing full-size photographic reproduction of the Bayeux Tapestry, the Signet Library's erstwhile copy of which has recently gone to join the Tapestry at a new museum in Bayeux. Downes remained in Bedford until his death in March 1879.. (4)

His principal partner at the time however was the great Joseph Cundall, and one of the final acts of the partnership was to take the first pair of (known) photographs of John Bunyan's cottage in Elstow, one in summer, one in winter. (3)

Downes had an interesting career, partnering with the short-lived Richard Hundall and working with him on the famous 1850s images of Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the epochal Britis vessel Great Eastern. (2)

Suddenly thinking of (IIRC) "Only the Long Bones", Gavin Ewart's poem about Douglas's widow's search for his remains.

Doesn't do anything for the problem with the image you've highlighted, so limited use I know, but is this image, that DOES function, show the same interior? www.trove.scot/image/684255

A lot of the information is now to be found under "Activity" I'm finding. The main loss for me so far is that of the generous download-and-use facility (where you could deploy an image for non-profit educational purposes). I've found a workaround but the explicit use permission is no longer there.