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Collection Area Visual Arts Project / Collection Talbot Collection Subject Plants

1. Talbot Photo 1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(3)
Title:
Leaf of a plant. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot.
Scope & Content:
Photogenic drawing contact negative of a trifoliate stem of a fern-like plant; this is possibly the original trimmed negative that was used for plate 7 of The Pencil of Nature. With portions missing from all four corners, presumably from having been removed from an album page. Prints from this n...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 14 Feb 1844
Extent:
1 item

2. Talbot Photo 1(80)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(80)
Title:
[Pine Trees.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography A view of pine trees of varying heights that border the bank of a lake; across the water, there is a large expanse of woodland. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

3. Talbot Photo 1(96)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(96)
Title:
[Tree in Winter.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography A tall leaf-less tree with nearby pond and distant trees along the skyline. Trimmed negative with clipped top corners.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

4. Talbot Photo 1(97)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(97)
Title:
[Oak Tree in Winter, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
A mature leaf-less oak tree with a row of smaller trees in the distance. A print from this negative can be found at Talbot Photo 2(758). Trimmed negative with clipped corners.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1842
Extent:
1 item

5. Talbot Photo 1(98)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(98)
Title:
[Tree in Ugbrooke Park, Chudleigh, Devon.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography A mature leaf-less tree with half an evergreen bordering one side of the print. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

6. Talbot Photo 1(141)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(141)
Title:
[Fern frond exposed in moonlight.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscribed in pencil: Moonlight 40' 2 April/ Cameraless photogenic drawing negative of a fern frond, exposed by moonlight for 40 minutes. Originally in an envelope labelled moonlight. The negative has been cut into a leafl-like shape and was redeveloped (intensified) by Harold White.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2 Apr 1841
Extent:
1 item

7. Talbot Photo 1(186)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(186)
Title:
Palm tree near Valletta, Malta Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Trimmed negative, inscribed in ink, verso: 2. Palm Tree near Valetta. A stand of three palm trees among fields bounded by dry stone walls, with a young man seated in the middleground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item

8. Talbot Photo 1(251)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(251)
Title:
Large Beech Tree, Nettlecombe. Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Quality rating 'A'. Inscribed in ink on verso: '241. Large Beech Tree, Nettlecombe'. Genre: Landscape Photography A man stands next to an opened wooden fence and looks at a large beech tree beyond. Image size 216 x 167 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 1847
Extent:
1 item

9. Talbot Photo 1(265)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(265)
Title:
[Snow scene.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in ink on verso: '183'. Group of snow-covered trees. Paper tabs along two edges of the paper. A print from this negative can be found at Talbot Photo 2 (242). Image size 219 x 167 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 1848
Extent:
1 item

10. Talbot Photo 1(317)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(317)
Title:
Etna. Convent of St. Nicolo. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '54. Etna. Convent of St. Nicolo' [and Bridges' signature]. Genre: Landscape Photography View of the single-storey building in the mid-distance with a tall tree behind and Mount Etna to one side. Trimmed negative. The sky has been opaqued by hand.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item