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Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 16(54)
Title:: [Cameraless contact negative of a fern speciimen.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Scientific Photography A cameraless contact negative showing the frond of a fern. Negative trimmed to image size.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Early 1840s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 16(55)
Title:: [Leaf of a Plant.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Scientific Photography A direct cameraless image of the trifoliate stem of a fern-like plant against a white field. Print trimmed to image size. Four loose copies can be found in Talbot Photo 2 (prints 24-26 and 697). The negative to this print can be found at Talbot Photo 1(3). Also pu...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Before 14 Feb 1844
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 16(56)
Title:: [Cameraless contact negative of the stem of an Apiaceae Plant.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Scientific Photography A cameraless contact negative of a plant of the parsely family with one of the bottom petioles facing downward. Negative trimmed to image size.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1844
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 16(57)
Title:: [Cameraless contact negative of a sample of lace.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: A cameraless contact negative of a sample of lace, the fabric designed with rows of a scrolled leaf pattern, which includes small five petal flowers in between; the border has a convex edging. Negative trimmed to image size.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1839
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 16(58)
Title:: [Cameraless contact negative of a sample of lace.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: A cameraless contact negative of a piece of lace, with small leaf motif over the majority of the fabric; the border has a convex edging with alternating patterns. Negative trimmed to image size.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1839
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 17
Title:: Talbot Collection: Album presented to Talbot's daughter, Matilda. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Small leather bound burgundy album with embossed scroll pattern on cover. It is inscribed on the inside end paper with 'Matilda/ the gift of her affectionate Papa/ 25th Febry 1851'. The album contains 20 small calotypes, several of which have captions in the bottom left corner. One page has been...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 25 Feb 1851
Extent:: 20 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 17(1)
Title:: [Cover of 'The Pencil of Nature'.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Inscribed above photograph: 'Matilda/ the gift of her affectionate Papa/ 25th Febry 1851'. A camera diminished reproduction of the central design for the cover of 'The Pencil of Nature'.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1844
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 17(2)
Title:: Diminished [Copy of a Lithographic Print.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Inscribed on recto: 'Diminished'. Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of A camera diminished copy of Louis Leopold Boilly's 'Réunion de trente-cinq têtes diverses'. The original reproduction of this lithograph was used as plate 11 in 'The Pencil of Nature' and loose copies can be found ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1844
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 17(3)
Title:: Merton College, Oxford. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Inscribed on recto: 'Merton College, Oxford'. Genre: Architectural Photography A small calotype showing a view of part of the college buildings. The photograph is extremely faded and the image indistinct, though it may have been taken from across the Fellow's Garden. The photograp...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1840s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 17(4)
Title:: Usk Castle, Monmouthshire. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Inscribed on recto: 'Usk Castle, Monmouthshire'. Genre: Architectural Photography A small calotype showing a wooden slated gate in an archway of the castle ruins. Possibly taken during Talbot's visit to Monmouthshire in August 1844.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1844
Extent:: 1 item

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