https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/08/05/at-the-caslon-letter-foundry/img_9141/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sat, 23 Aug 2014 10:57:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/08/05/at-the-caslon-letter-foundry/img_9141/#comment-458937 Sat, 23 Aug 2014 10:57:55 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_9141.jpg#comment-458937 ‘Working by candlelight” — possibly; but I should expect the tapers to burn irregularly and thus to be some short, some tall. The uniform height of the light-sources makes me wonder if the image might show gas-flame burners instead (useful to seal parcels with wax?). Similar kit is shown in the image below, one of a room well-lit from a window-wall.

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