The Martyrs' Monument, Oxford with Caesar's Lodge behind. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot.
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Inscribed in pencil, bottom left of sensitised side: N 1. Portions of sky area blacked out with crayon. The numbering on the back may refer to the photograph having been taken by Nicolaas Henneman. Trimmed negative.
Peace Sculpture of Peace at L'Arc de Triomphe, Paris. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
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Close view of the bas-relief sculpture of Peace (La Paix de 1815) commissioned by Napoleon in 1806 and completed in 1836. The sculpture stands on plinth on the side of the Arc de Triomphe. Trimmed negative, a print from which can be found at Talbot Photo 1(443).
[Wellington Arch, London.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography The triumphal arch topped with the statue of Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; Apsley House is visible in the background. Trimmed negative. For a discussion of this image, see text by Larry J. Schaaf in, ‘Sun Pictures. Catalogue Three' (Hans P. Krau...
Arch of Titus, Rome. Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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Inscribed in ink along bottom of negative: 80. Arch of Titus, Rome. A view looking along the road towards the Arch of Titus, with a portion of the Colosseum visible in the background. For a print from this negative, see Talbot Photo 16(24).
[Statue of Marcus Aurelius, Rome.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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Inscription: Inscribed in ink on verso: '80. Arch of Titus. Rome'. Genre: Architectural Photography A section of the Piazza del Campidoglio with the bronze equestrian sculpture in profile. Trimmed negative.
[Lupton's Range, Eton College.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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Genre: Architectural Photography Head-on view of the sculpture of Henry VI, which is in the school courtyard and surrounded by an iron fence, directly behind the statue is Lupton’s Tower. Trimmed negative.
