Hardy (Thomas).- Lea (Hermann) Interesting group of c.93 miscellaneous photographs relating to …

Hardy (Thomas).- Lea (Hermann) Interesting group of c.93 miscellaneous photographs relating to Hardy's Wessex, many mounted on card, many captioned in pencil to verso (in various hands) and some signed by Lea, a few signed or initialled in the negative, generally very good condition, Dorset, v.s., [c.1897-1912]. ⁂ This group includes several studies of scarecrows, sometimes with adjacent humans; several shots of Woodbury Hill fair; interiors and exteriors of various cottages and churches; Lea using his home-made telescopic camera; scenes on a construction site; a room in Hermann Lea's own house; a carte-de-visite 'Season's Greetings' card inscribed on verso "Joyce Scudamore Xmas 1898. From her affec. Uncle H. Lea"; Lea on horseback in front of Athelhampton Hall; and other glimpses of rural life.