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Just as on stage, where the scenery is designed to make the impression of actor’ words deeper, to create the necessary atmosphere for a proper understanding of the situation, so we will try to imagine the environment in which H.P.B. worked.

Just as on stage, where the scenery is designed to make the impression of actor’ words deeper, to create the necessary atmosphere for a proper understanding of the situation, so we will try to imagine the environment in which H.P.B. worked.

[[File:Kodak Camera.jpg|thumb|right|Kodak camera, serial number 540, which was used to photograph H.P. Blavatsky, 1888.]]

[[File:Kodak Camera.jpg|thumb|right|Kodak camera, serial number 540, which was used to photograph H. P. Blavatsky, 1888.]]

W. Q. Judge published a series of articles in “The Path” entitled “Habitations of H.P.B.”, where he described several such places. The above photograph was taken in 1888 on 17 Lansdowne Road. Judge himself photographed, having leased a professional Kodak camera for that purpose.

W. Q. Judge published a series of articles in “The Path” entitled “Habitations of H.P.B.”, where he described several such places. The above photograph was taken in 1888 on 17 Lansdowne Road. Judge himself photographed, having leased a professional Kodak camera for that purpose.

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| [[File:Лансдаун роуд 17, комната ЕПБ (рис. Джаджа).jpg|x400px|thumb|A picture with a view from Helena Petrovna's desk, <br>drawn by W.Q. Judge]]

| [[File:Лансдаун роуд 17, комната ЕПБ (рис. Джаджа).jpg|x400px|thumb|A picture with a view from Helena Petrovna's desk, <br>drawn by W. Q. Judge]]

| [[File:Лансдаун Роуд 17. Интерьер 1 (1887).jpg|x400px|thumb|Author of the picture is unknown]]

| [[File:Лансдаун Роуд 17. Интерьер 1 (1887).jpg|x400px|thumb|Author of the picture is unknown]]

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| [[File:Лансдаун роуд 17, фасад (рис. Джаджа).jpg|thumb|17 Lansdowne Road, facade, <br>the drawing by W.Q. Judge]]

| [[File:Лансдаун роуд 17, фасад (рис. Джаджа).jpg|thumb|17 Lansdowne Road, facade, <br>the drawing by W. Q. Judge]]

| [[File:Лансдаун Роуд 17, фасад (фото 1957).png|250px|thumb|17 Lansdowne Road, facade, 1957]]

| [[File:Лансдаун Роуд 17, фасад (фото 1957).png|250px|thumb|17 Lansdowne Road, facade, 1957]]

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[[File:Лансдаун роуд 17 на карте Лондона.jpg|600px|center|thumb|Lansdowne Road 17 on London map]]

[[File:Лансдаун роуд 17 на карте Лондона.jpg|600px|center|thumb|Lansdowne Road 17 on London map]]

[[File:Лансдаун роуд 17, двор (рис. Джаджа).jpg|600px|right|thumb|17 Lansdowne Road, courtyard, the drawing by W.Q. Judge]]

[[File:Лансдаун роуд 17, двор (рис. Джаджа).jpg|600px|right|thumb|17 Lansdowne Road, courtyard, the drawing by W. Q. Judge]]

The view from the courtyard allows us to see the windows of H.P.B.'s work room, in front of which she spent many hours of thinking and meditation. One can imagine how she looked through these windows, but often she did not see the courtyard, but various places significantly removed from this corner of London both in distance and in time.

The view from the courtyard allows us to see the windows of H.P.B.'s work room, in front of which she spent many hours of thinking and meditation. One can imagine how she looked through these windows, but often she did not see the courtyard, but various places significantly removed from this corner of London both in distance and in time.