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1. Photo 1000/52(4909)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4909)
Title:
Dyers at work, Western India. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of dyers posed beside vats. This is probably the photograph shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873, and described in the catalogue as follows: 'The vats are of clay, and built in as shown in the picture. The furnace goes right under the vat, the fuel used...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

2. Talbot Photo 1(114)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(114)
Title:
[D'après Nature.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Study of two men, posed in front of a shed or barn at Lacock Abbey; Nicolaas Henneman is seated, holding a length of plant netting; to the right stands another man (possibly Charles Porter), holding a wicker basket the standing figure holding a basket is possibly Charles Porter. For a print made...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1842
Extent:
1 item

3. Talbot Photo 1(151)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(151)
Title:
[Garden Urn.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Still Life Photography A calyx-krater shaped urn having been lit from one side. Trimmed negative, a print from which can be found at Talbot 14 (4).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 item

4. Talbot Photo 1(152)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(152)
Title:
[Study of a vase, an experimental negative.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscribed: H.T, Dec 2 A collodion on paper negative depicting an ornate vase. The negative is dated from a letter written by Talbot to Nevil Story-Maskelyne (obtained from The Correspondence of William Henry Fox Talbot Doc No.07076).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
02 Dec 1854
Extent:
1 item

5. Talbot Photo 1(225)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(225)
Title:
[Aloe Garden, Singleton.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Close-up of an aloe plant with a garden urn in the background. Image size 209 x 169 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item

6. Talbot Photo 1(280)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(280)
Title:
[Group posed in front of doorway.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait, possibly a posed vignette, that consists of two men, two women and a young girl with baskets. The negative has been trimmed making the title impossible to read.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 1840s
Extent:
1 item

7. Talbot Photo 2(69)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(69)
Title:
A Fruit Piece. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Still Life Photography One of two copies (prints 69-70) of this subject, showing two baskets (one of wicker, the other porcelain), containing fruit (apples and a pineapple), set on a tartan tablecloth. Varnished print; chemistry floated on paper 184 x 223 mm. Also published as plate 24...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before Jun 1845
Extent:
1 item

8. Talbot Photo 2(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(70)
Title:
A Fruit Piece. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Still Life Photography One of two copies (prints 69-70) of this subject, showing two baskets (one of wicker, the other porcelain), containing fruit (apples and a pineapple), set on a tartan tablecloth. Chemistry floated on paper 184 x 223 mm. Also published as plate 24 of 'The Pencil o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before Jun 1845
Extent:
1 item

9. Talbot Photo 2(247)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(247)
Title:
[Outdoor scene with gardening implements, (?)Lacock.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Dated in the negative, bottom left, '23 Feby. 1841.' Genre: Landscape Photography One of two copies (prints 247-248) of this composition, a view of an ivy-covered stone wall, with a wicker basket and a wooden rake in the foreground. Chemistry float-applied on paper 191 x 227 mm. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
23 Feb 1841
Extent:
1 item

10. Talbot Photo 2(248)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(248)
Title:
[Outdoor scene with gardening implements, (?)Lacock.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Dated in the negative, bottom left, '23 Feby. 1841.' Genre: Landscape Photography One of two copies (prints 247-248) of this composition, a view of an ivy-covered stone wall, with a wicker basket and a wooden rake in the foreground. Chemistry float-applied on paper 186 x 225 mm. A...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
23 Feb 1841
Extent:
1 item