Inscription Deciphering:
During the treatment of W. Hartley's Highland Scene (ca. 1880s), the standard course of technical photography failed to elucidate the colourman's stamp at the work's verso. The following series of photographs illustrate the course of image manipulation undertaken to try and uncover this stamp's meaning.
Technical Imaging
Microscopy & Cross Sections
Image Manipulation for inscription deciphering
Written Doccumetation
Detail: Stamp on verso of primary support in reflected light
Detail: Stamp on verso of primary support, false-colour infrared.
Detail: Stamp on verso of primary support in reflected light, desaturated with enhanced contrast for further clarity
Detail: Stamp on verso of primary support in reflected light with extremely enhanced saturation though the selection of specific colour ranges.
Detail: Stamp on verso of primary support in reflected light, desaturated following colour range selection/enhancement and further contrast, inverted, light pixels traced by hand to enhance exposure.