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1. Talbot Photo 15

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 15
Title:
Talbot Collection: Album of prints originally belonging to Mlle Amélina Petit de Billier. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Half red leather album with marbled paper boards, measuring 264 x 320 x 22 mm. The album originally belonged to Mlle Amélina Petit de Billier, the Talbot family's governess and close friend. Inscribed on the inside end paper, possibly in her hand: 'Vue photographiques par l'inventeur du Calotype...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
29 items

2. Talbot Photo 15(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 15(4)
Title:
[A shelf of books, close view.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
A virtually indiscernible image, showing the spines of books. Chemistry float-applied on paper 111 x 183 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 item

3. Talbot Photo 15(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 15(20)
Title:
[?Clock tower, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
No discernible image. Chemistry float-applied on paper 113 x 185 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
06 Mar 1841
Extent:
1 item

4. Talbot Photo 15(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 15(27)
Title:
[Unidentified three-storey building.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography An extremely faint print of a view taken from an upper floor window looking towards a three storey detached townhouse with wooden shutters. The building is left of centre with a view along a street to the right. At the extreme right of the image, there is a colu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1840s
Extent:
1 item

5. Talbot Photo 15(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 15(2)
Title:
[Roofline, probably at Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
No discernible image, but a slightly clearer image can be found at Talbot Photo 11 (32). Chemistry float-applied on paper 185 x 228 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
24 Aug 1840
Extent:
1 item

6. Talbot Photo 15(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 15(21)
Title:
[Maltese vase.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Extremely faint view of the pitcher with a high and elongated handle facing the right. Chemistry float-applied on paper 184 x 114 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1840s
Extent:
1 item

7. Talbot Photo 15(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 15(19)
Title:
[Amelina's harp in the library, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
A very indistinct image. Chemistry float-applied on paper 188 x 234 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
16 Oct 1840
Extent:
1 item

8. Talbot Photo 15(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 15(12)
Title:
[Bust of Venus.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view of the head of the bust of Venus, facing right and lit from the right. Chemistry float-applied on paper 108 x 93 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 item

9. Talbot Photo 15(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 15(13)
Title:
[Garden urn.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of A faint image of a large calyx-krater shaped urn, lit from the right. Chemistry float-applied on paper 183 x 110 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 item

10. Talbot Photo 15(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 15(18)
Title:
['Gothick archway', Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A faint image, looking towards the Gothic Revival arch at the entrance to Lacock Abbey, with tall trees visible in the background. The corners of the negative have been trimmed somewhat unevenly and there is a fair amount of chemical staining on the print. Chemi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
24 Dec 1840
Extent:
1 item