Articles of china. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
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View of four shelves of porcelain; this is the original trimmed negative (waxed), used as plate 3 of The Pencil of Nature. Prints taken from this negative can also be found at Talbot Photo 2(8-10) and Talbot Photo 6(3).
Bust of Patroclus. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
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Cropped view of the sculpture. This is the original trimmed negative (waxed), used as a replacement version for plate 5 in later issues of The Pencil of Nature. Prints made from this negative can be found at Talbot Photo 2(16-19, 696), Talbot Photo 6(5), Talbot Photo 16(10).
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...
[Trafalgar Square with Nelson's Column under Construction.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography The base of the column in scaffolding with St Martin-in-the-Field and Morley's Hotel in the background. In the foreground a wooden fence covered in bill posters can be seen. Trimmed negative.
[Statuette of 'The Three Graces'.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Frontal view of the replica sculpture. Trimmed negative with two small holes in the upper left corner possibly resulting from the exhibition held at Lacock Abbey in 1934.