Welcome, to the online archives of the Malby Collections; unique libraries of images that are some of the recently rediscovered work of one of the greatest plant photographers of the century, Reginald A. Malby.

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February 2009
R.A. Malby Shop now on Ebay

December 2005
ARTICLE IN THE EAST-LONDON/WEST ESSEX GUARDIAN

NEW IMAGES!!! - Discovered by A.Samuels and City of London

Epping Forest under snow England ref: epping_forest_snow Thanks to City of London	Epping Forest, tree2 England ref: epping_forest_tree2 Thanks to City of London	Epping Forest, tree England ref: epping_forest_tree Thanks to City of London
Man, Horse & Sledge, Epping Forest 1900s ref: epping_forest__man_horse_sledge Thanks to A.Samuels	Workers, Epping Forest 1900s ref: epping_forest_workers Thanks to City of London	Workers, Epping Forest 1900s ref: epping_forest_workers_distant Thanks to City of London
Epping Forest Map2 England ref: epping_forest_map2	Epping Forest Map England ref: epping_forest_map

A 'Magic Lantern'

As the antique photos were taken in the days before colour photography, they were hand-colourised using a fine brush and special inks  (bar 3 which were digitally colourised as part of our current services).

The images are captured in the Victorian format known as ' Magic Lantern' Slides, many of which are exquisitely hand coloured in this pre-colour photoraphy era.

These slides would have been used on a Magic Lantern projector (above left) to show to a room of people, or used on an enlarger to create prints..They are made from two glass plates with a photographic solution applied to the inner sides (44mm x 44mm).

If you know the names of any of the unnamed flowers, gardens, places and people, drop us a line at research@malby.info and we would be very grateful!

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