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1. Talbot Photo 16

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 16
Title:
Talbot Collection: Album displayed at the Society of Arts, 1852. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
This album was displayed at the first exhibition held in Britain on photography, which was housed in the Great Room of the Society's House, London. Bound album with marbled paper cover and black leather trim with gold edging measuring 325 x 415 x 55 mm. A piece of embossed card is pasted in the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1841-1846
Extent:
58 items

2. Talbot Photo 16(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 16(49)
Title:
[Frame with Eagle Design.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of A negative image of a frame with foliage design, a fleur-de-lis at the centre top, wheatsheaves in the top corners and an eagle with spread wings along the bottom. Paper trimmed to size of image and adhered directly into album. The print from this negative can b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 1840s
Extent:
1 item

3. Talbot Photo 16(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 16(16)
Title:
[Fishing boat], Malta. Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in ink on print: 'Malta' and at bottom right of page: 'Malta. Revd C. Jones'. View of a local fishingat with ornately painted prow, resting on stone blocks at the base of a wall. Paper trimmed to size of image and pasted directly into album.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item

4. Talbot Photo 16(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 16(20)
Title:
Near Naples. Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in ink at bottom right of page: 'near Naples/ Rev C. Jones'. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Photograph taken at the East Marina, showing five beached sailing boats, with a lenghts of timber and a man sleeping amongst the logs in the foregound. Paper trimmed to si...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item

5. Talbot Photo 16(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 16(51)
Title:
[Study of Lace Edging.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
A cameraless contact negative of a plain piece of lace netting, with an abstract floral border design. Negative trimmed to image size. A psitive print of this image can be found at Talbot Photo 2 (293). For a discussion of this image, see text by Larry J. Schaaf in, ‘Sun Pictures. Catalogue Sev...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1840s
Extent:
1 item

6. Talbot Photo 16(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 16(2)
Title:
[Laocoon.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Frontal view of the replica sculpture of Laocoon and his sons entwined by two serpents. There are sixteen known negatives of this statuette. Henneman visited Lacock to photograph the piece in November 1845, but as the album in generally meticulous in crediting ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1841-1846
Extent:
1 item

7. Talbot Photo 16(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 16(3)
Title:
[Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.] Photographer: Henneman, Nicolaas
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed 'N. Henneman' in ink at bottom right corner of card mount. Genre: Architectural Photography View across New Court, showing a section of the Dining Hall. Paper trimmed to size of image and laid down on card 235 x 297 mm. Another copy at Talbot Photo 16 (28) and two additi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1841-1846
Extent:
1 item

8. Talbot Photo 16(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 16(28)
Title:
[Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.] Photographer: Henneman, Nicolaas
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in ink at bottom right of mount: 'N. Henneman' and in pencil: 'Corpus. ? Pembroke Coll. Cambridge.' Genre: Architectural Photography View across New Court showing a section of the Dining Hall of Corpus Christi. Paper trimmed to size of image and laid down on card 234 x 3...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1841-1846
Extent:
1 item

9. Talbot Photo 16(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 16(40)
Title:
New Public Rooms, Reading. Photographer: Henneman, Nicolaas
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Letterpress caption as above pasted to mount and inscribed in ink: 'N. Henneman.' Genre: Architectural Photography A view from the roadway looking towards the street façade of the reading room, a three-storey building fronted by a shallow pediment supported on two ionic pilasters....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1841-1846
Extent:
1 item

10. Talbot Photo 16(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 16(1)
Title:
[Statuette of Ariadne.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Head-on view of the sculpture of Ariadne reclining on a tiger, the sculpture on a rectangular plinth against a black background. Varnished and trimmed print laid down on card 168 x 202 mm. In a letter written on the 18th November 1845 from Constance Talbot to he...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1845
Extent:
1 item