This does not explain how he masked the image so well to exactly fit the separate negatives together. I assume he blocked out each negative in turn. Then he had to do exactly the same to the next negative. Some small dark overlaps are visible in the print on Wikipedia ‘Combination Printing’. This has puzzled me for 55 years since I first saw this image and others by Robinson & Rejlander.
This does not explain how he masked the image so well to exactly fit the separate negatives together. I assume he blocked out each negative in turn. Then he had to do exactly the same to the next negative. Some small dark overlaps are visible in the print on Wikipedia ‘Combination Printing’. This has puzzled me for 55 years since I first saw this image and others by Robinson & Rejlander.
Incredibly interesting
Excellent!