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A Guide to the Use of the Beading Boom:. 



Eegulations. 



1. The object to be photographed is to be distinctly specified in 

 the appUcation. 



2. Books, MSS., Prints, and Drawings are to be indicated by 

 the press-mark or reference-number, as well as by the title. 



3. The number of every page to be photographed from a book 

 or MS. must be quoted. 



4. Leave cannot be granted to photograph objects indiscri- 

 minately. 



5. A distinct application should be submitted for each Depart- 

 ment, if the objects are in more than one Department. 



6. As there is no official photographer attached to the British 

 Museum, the applicant should name the photographer whom he 

 proposes to employ. 



7. The work shall be done under the superintendence and 

 control of the Keeper of the Department in which the object to be 

 photographed is preserved. 



8. If required, two copies of any photograph taken in the 

 Museum shall be deposited with the Director. 



9. The photographer shall not introduce any combustible 

 chemicals into the Museum for the purposes of his work, without 

 special permission. 



10. No photographer shall introduce into the Museum a larger 

 quantity of chemicals than shall be necessary for the work of the 

 day ; and at the close of each day all photographing materials 

 shall be removed from the Museum premises, or placed in charge 

 of the Clerk of the Works at the Museum, who will deposit them 

 in a place of safety outside the Museum buildings. 



11. The photographer should, whenever possible, make use of 

 dry plates. 



Applications are to be addressed to — 



The Director, 



British Museum, London, W.C. 



THE trustees RESERVE ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT OF REFUSING 

 ANY APPLICATION. 



Visitors are allowed to use portable cameras (not requiring 

 a stand), without special sanction, to photograph exhibited objects 

 in the Galleries. 



