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Hi Phil, Thanks very much for your offer. Yes, as you rightly guessed I would dearly love to use the image in our next venture 'The Tamar Bal Maidens' but the BL fees are untenable for a little booklet that will only sell about 100 in two years (if we are lucky) at £1 profit per copy (at most). Someone has very kindly tried to send me an image from the States that did not come through (so suspect it is better than low res) - and I am seeing if I can negotiate a good res. image for use in the book . If that doesn't work out, can I come back to you? Low res will be better than none - and I am not sure, with it being quite a primitive line drawing, how much difference resolution will make, as there is precious little detail to begin with. Once again, thanks for your help. Lynne -------------------------------------------------- From: "Phil Newman" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 3:28 PM To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [mining-history] Arsenic Bal Maiden Illustration > Hi Lynne, > > I have a digital copy of this article if you'd like me to send it. It's of > a > printable quality, the drawings only being sketches, but if you were after > something of better quality, ie for publication, then I'm afraid you'd > need > the original. > > All the best > > Phil Newman > > -----Original Message----- > From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Lynne Mayers > Sent: 19 January 2011 14:47 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Arsenic Bal Maiden Illustration > > Rick Stewart has very kindly alerted me to an illustration of women > dressing > arsenic (at Devon Great Consols) which is in an article on arsenic > production by Baring-Gould in The Graphic of 22nd July 1893. Does anyone > know of a library or archive that holds a copy of this (other than the > British Library, whose reproduction fees are rather high)? At the moment > this is the only image I have found of females working at any of the Tamar > mines. It is not in any of the Cornwall/Devon libraries or local to us > (Forest of Dean). > > Thanks, > > > Lynne Mayers >