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Collection Area Visual Arts Project / Collection Talbot Collection Subject Reading and Writing

1. Talbot Photo 1(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(5)
Title:
Facsimile of an old printed page. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
Scope & Content:
Photogenic drawing negative of a page of text; possibly the original trimmed negative used for plate 9 of The Pencil of Nature.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before Mar 1840
Extent:
1 item

2. Talbot Photo 1(148)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(148)
Title:
[Books in Disarray.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Still Life Photography Head-on view of four shelves displaying books in a disorganised fashion. Prints made from this trimmed negative can be found at Talbot Photo 2 (135-136).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1841
Extent:
1 item

3. Talbot Photo 1(153)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(153)
Title:
[Copy of the poem 'Ode to Napoleon,' in Byron's Hand.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscribed in ink on recto: h. Photogenic drawing contact negative of five lines of writing, with Byron’s signature beneath. For a discussion of this image, see Larry J. Schaaf, Sun Pictures. Catalogue Seven. Photogenic drawings by William Henry Fox Talbot (Hans P. Kraus, Jr. Inc. New York, c. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
04 Apr 1840
Extent:
1 item

4. Talbot Photo 1(154)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(154)
Title:
[Copy of the poem 'Ode to Washington' in Byron's hand.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: fx/2. Photogenic drawing contact negative of a copy of Byron's writing with a partial watermark reading [Wh]atman /[Turk]ey Mill /[1]839. For a discussion of this image, see text by Larry J. Schaaf in, Sun Pictures. Catalogue Seven. Photogenic drawings by Willi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before Apr 1840
Extent:
1 item

5. Talbot Photo 1(155)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(155)
Title:
[Copy of the Title Page 'Rariorum Africanarum Plantarum' by Johannis Burmanni.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Waxed photogenic drawing contact negative of the title page with an illustration of boats at sea.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1840s
Extent:
1 item

6. Talbot Photo 1(156)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(156)
Title:
[Copy of the Title Page of 'Le Antichita Dei Contorni Di Roma' by Luigi Rossini.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Waxed photogenic drawing contact negative of the title page with an illustration of a classical sculpture in the centre of the page.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1840s
Extent:
1 item

7. Talbot Photo 1(157)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(157)
Title:
[Copy of the Title Page 'Perillustri Societati Regiae'.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Waxed photogenic contact negative of the title page; it depicts a landscape scene with the title at the centre.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1840s
Extent:
1 item

8. Talbot Photo 1(158)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(158)
Title:
[Copy of the Title Page 'Rariorum Africanarum Plantarum' by Johannis Burmanni.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Waxed photogenic contact negative of the title page with an illustration of boats at sea.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1840s
Extent:
1 item

9. Talbot Photo 1(159)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(159)
Title:
[Copy of a Plate from 'Perillustri Societati Regiae'.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Waxed photogenic contact negative of an engraving depicting a mountain scene with a high footbridge and waterfall.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1840s
Extent:
1 item

10. Talbot Photo 1(170)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(170)
Title:
[Copy of a manuscript by Thomas Moore: 'Dear Harp of My Country'.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Waxed photogenic drawing of a reproduction of a handwritten poem by Thomas Moore, dated September 4th 1844. Corners clipped.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
After 4 Sep 1844
Extent:
1 item