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It was the first of many photographic campaigns documenting temporary loan exhibitions that were to become a hallmark of the Museum's photographic service.  Such loan objects were photographed prior to their return to  lenders so that photographic copies could be sold to designers, craftsmen and students, and also filed in the Museum's library for study. Thompson inadvertently included himself and his camera, reflected in the mirror. It gives us a vivid glimpse of a photographer at work outdoors - in the  garden at Gore House - in the early days of the Museum and the profession of Museum Photography.","physicalDescription":"A sepia-colured photograph of an ornately carved gilded mirror.  In the reflection is visible trees, a camera on tripod and a figure operating the camera.  The photograph is mounted in a bound 91 page album of 142 prints.  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