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article on the process of photochrom: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photochrom "A litho stone is coated with a thin layer of purified bitumen dissolved in benzene. A reversed half-tone negative is then pressed against this light-sensitive coating and an exposure in daylight made (taking from 10–30 minutes in summer, to several hours in winter). The bitumen hardens and becomes resistant to normal solvents in proportion to the light. The coating is then washed in turpentine solutions, removing the unhardened bitumen. It is then retouched in the tonal scale of the chosen color to strengthen or soften the tones as required. Each tint needs a separate stone bearing the appropriate retouched image, and prints are usually produced by at least six, and more commonly from 10 to 15 tint stones.[4]"

This picture looks very much like its based on a painting that hangs in Penrhyn Castle that shows the labour force at work, that the richness of Penrhyn Castle was built off the back of.

Found the details of the painting. Its by Henry Hawkins painted in 1832 and features this same outstanding outcrop of rock.

www.artunframed.com/hawkins.htm The painting afore mentioned!

We have found a new photo detective! Maeve Burke reports "The woman in the front is my Nanna Elizabeth "Lizzie" Furey Hanafin (niece of the late, great Ted Furey). This was taken when she was 17 and only 2 years before she got married to my Granda who cannot believe how popular this picture has become and how famous his Lizzie is! She passed away 4 years ago but I can tell you she would've loved making the front page of The Irish Times today nevermind being in an exhibition in Dublin! She'd have every copy in the country bought & be up at the exhibition herself! She was a great storyteller, a tough-cookie and well known and respected in Kerry. Her and my Granda bought a chipvan and went all over Ireland to festivals and fairs making friends wherever they went. She told me and my sister lots of stories about when she was travelling with her mother Dolly Furey, who would play the accordion for money and all the hardships they faced, especially during the cold winters in the wagon. We're lucky too that she taught my mother and us the Gammon (which would've been her first language) and passed on many great traveller traditions and crafts like crocheting, sewing, singing, lilting and storytelling. She really was an amazing woman and this is a picture our family will treasure forever. Thank you so much to everyone who commented on this, she would've been over the moon!"

More from the exhibition ‘Photo Detectives’ exhibition reveals striking images of Irish life - Irish Times online

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Wonderful! Meanwhile, in Kildare, the Hill of Allen on the GeoHive OSI 25" map. Much of the Hill has been quarried away since the 25" was surveyed, see Google aerial view.

The Tower still stands, this Flickr pic from 2015:

At the DIA: Date: 1859-1863 Nature: 60 ft. high tower designed by Sir G.G. Aylmer for himself. Edenderry limestone with Ballyknockan granite copings and battlements. Formerly had a glass lantern on top. Names of masons carved on steps. Names include 'Gorry Bros., master masons' on top floor.

This is my late brother-in-law Ivan Jones