Stamped Leather. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed: 'Stamped Leather/ diminished'. A small calotype showing a piece of pale leather that has been embossed with an intricate pattern.
[Rocking Horse known as 'Firefoot'.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A small calotype showing the Talbot family rocking horse, 'Firefoot'. There are three negatives of the rocking horse [housed at The National Museum of Photography], two were taken outside in the grounds of Lacock Abbey, this image, however, seems to have been taken inside and has a dark curtain ...
[The 'Gothick Gateway' at Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography A small calotype showing the head-on view of the Gothic Revival arch, taken from near the kitchen area facing the approach to the abbey; the wall on either side of the arch is partially hidden by a tree on the left and shrubs to the right. Talbot positioned the ...
[View from upper window across the Cloisters, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography A small calotype of a part of Lacock Abbey taken from a first floor window across the cloisters to possibly the exterior of the Brown Gallery.
[Window at Lacock.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography A small calotype of a three panelled window surrounded by foliage that covers the brickwork and only reveals a small section of the slated roof. Another copy of this image can be found at Talbot Photo 2 (232).
Talbot Collection: Scrapbook containing Engravings, Drawings and Watercolours collected by Amélina Petit de Billier.
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Bound scrapbook album with black leather trim, marbled paper cover and gold embossing along the spine, measuring 275 x 420 x 30 mm. The album consists of 54 watercolour paintings, pencil drawings and engravings. The inside end paper is inscribed 'Amélina/ London 19th February 1832'.
Inscription: Inscribed on album page in ink; 'C.U. Terracina'. Lithograph of a tower on a cragged coastline with two boats net-fishing in the foreground. There is a fair amount of foxing on the paper.
[Lithograph depicting the Duke of Orléans when Teaching at Reichenau.]
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A lithograph of Louis Philippe standing in a classroom with one finger pointing to globe and with the other hand pointing to a scroll of paper. Two boys listen intently while boys at a table behind listen to an older man. The lithograph was presented with the Atlas Newspaper on 29th August 1830...
[A Lithograph depicting] Tempio di Nettuno a Pesto.
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Inscription: Inscribed in ink on the album page; ''C.A.F. del et lithog. Lithograph of the side view of the temple on the right and mountains along the skyline to the left. Printed by Engelmann.