In which I dig up some photos from 13 years ago and finally get round to editing them.

Well look, it’s just this guy, you know?

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Just Some Guy

I was preparing the images for Random Gems #6, going through some of the images I’d exported a long time ago and replacing them with more optimised versions. It was whilst I was doing this, s…

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The Long Gallery, Syon House, Brentford, Middlesex, c1990 - Clarke & Sherwell PC on eBid United Kingdom | 221350911

The Long Gallery, Syon House, Brentford, Middlesex, c1990 - Clarke & Sherwell PC Listing in the Middlesex,England,UK,Topographical,Postcards,Collectables Category on eBid United Kingdom | 221350911

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The Great Conservatory (1820-1827) at Syon Park, Isleworth, London, England. Restored 1987. Pic taken April 2024.
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The long gallery at Syon House, Isleworth, London, England. April 2024. The last of five rooms redesigned by Robert Adam at this London residence of the Duke of Northumberland. After some centuries of candle smoke and lamp smoke, the original bright blue/pink colour scheme has dulled somewhat and the vast effort of cleaning it is daunting. Sample attempts with specially colour-matched Farrow & Ball paint in recent decades negatively interacted with the underlying colour, so was abandoned.
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The ceiling of the Red Drawing Room, at Syon House, Isleworth, London, England. April 2024. This is by Robert Adam, supposedly the most detailed of his career. It has 239 individually painted ceiling roundels, unending decorative plasterwork much of which is covered with gold leaf.
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Part of the wall of the formal dining room at Syon House, Isleworth, London, England. April 2024.
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An ante-room at Syon House, Isleworth, London, England. This was used for meet-and-greet purposes. The house is the London home of the Duke of Northumberland who lives at Alnwick Castle. Design is by Robert Adam, all classical symmetry and fake columns. The giant urn in the centre was a present from King Charles X of France, in thanks to those who attended his coronation. April 2024.
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