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1. Talbot Photo 1(3)

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Talbot Photo 1(3)
Title:
Leaf of a plant. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot.
Scope & Content:
Photogenic drawing contact negative of a trifoliate stem of a fern-like plant; this is possibly the original trimmed negative that was used for plate 7 of The Pencil of Nature. With portions missing from all four corners, presumably from having been removed from an album page. Prints from this n...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 14 Feb 1844
Extent:
1 item

2. Talbot Photo 1(141)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(141)
Title:
[Fern frond exposed in moonlight.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscribed in pencil: Moonlight 40' 2 April/ Cameraless photogenic drawing negative of a fern frond, exposed by moonlight for 40 minutes. Originally in an envelope labelled moonlight. The negative has been cut into a leafl-like shape and was redeveloped (intensified) by Harold White.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2 Apr 1841
Extent:
1 item

3. Talbot Photo 1(171)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(171)
Title:
[Copy of an old botanical engraving of Celtis.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Waxed photogenic drawing of a reproduction engraving of a branch in fruit.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1840s
Extent:
1 item

4. Talbot Photo 1(225)

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Talbot Photo 1(225)
Title:
[Aloe Garden, Singleton.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Close-up of an aloe plant with a garden urn in the background. Image size 209 x 169 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item