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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Talbot Photo Subject Optical Devices

1. Talbot Photo 1(228)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(228)
Title:
Swansea Pilots. Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Quality rating 'A' in pencil and inscribed in ink on verso: '111. Swansea Pilots'. Genre: Portrait Photography Study of two men leaning on the harbour wall, looking out to sea, one with a telescope held to his eye. Image size 87 x 104 mm with paper tabs on verso.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 1847
Extent:
1 item

2. Talbot Photo 13(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 13(40)
Title:
[Sir David Brewster with Talbot's microscope, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of Sir David Brewster seated beside a small table on which a microscope stands. Brewster, wearing a top hat, stares directly at the camera. Chemistry float-applied on paper 188 x 225 mm. For a discussion of this image, see text by Larry J. Scha...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1842
Extent:
1 item

3. Talbot Photo 21(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 21(49)
Title:
[Drawing of a Microscope.]
Scope & Content:
Drawing in ink of a microscope showing the function of the lenses, notes written in Talbot's hand.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item