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1. Talbot Photo 2(353)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(353)
Title:
[Reading Establishment Panorama, left half.] Photographer: Henneman, Nicolaas
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'I. HW [Intensified by Harold White]/ Talbot's Photographic Establishment at Reading about 1845-6' [in pencil]. Genre: Portrait Photography One of two copies (prints 353 and 354) of this subject, taken in the backyard by the glasshouse of the premises at Russel...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item

2. Talbot Photo 2(354)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(354)
Title:
[Reading Establishment Panorama, Left Half.] Photographer: Henneman, Nicolaas
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'A/ 180mm wide'. Genre: Portrait Photography One of two copies (prints 353 and 354) of this subject, taken in the backyard by the glasshouse of the premises at Russell Terrace, it shows Talbot (far right) and three other men preparing to take portrait photograp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item

3. Talbot Photo 2(355)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(355)
Title:
[Reading Establishment Panorama, Right Half.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'B in proto A'. Genre: Portrait Photography Taken in the backyard of the premises at Russell Terrace, Reading, this right-hand section of the panorama shows Henneman (centre) and four other men preparing photographs, with rows of prints out in the sun. Printed ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item

4. Talbot Photo 2(641)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(641)
Title:
[Portrait of a Seated Woman Reading.] Photographer: Claudet, Antoine François Jean
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Studio portrait of a woman wearing an off-the-shoulder satin dress and reading a book that rests against the arm of her chair. Paper trimmed to size of image.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1845
Extent:
1 item

5. Talbot Photo 2(721)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(721)
Title:
[Three Men Seated at a Table.] Photographer: Claudet, Antoine François Jean
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'M/ 252/ 3/1 From Life', with label on verso: 'Patent/ Talbotype/ Or/ Sun Pictures'. Genre: Portrait Photography Hand-coloured portrait of three men sat at a table; two play cards while the third reads, the central figure is Claudet. The studio backdrop include...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c mid 1840s
Extent:
1 item

6. Talbot Photo 4(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 4(2)
Title:
Daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot. Photographer: Claudet, Antoine François Jean
Scope & Content:
Half-length portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot, wearing a top hat and with a monocle around his neck resting against his white waistcoat. He holds an open book in his right hand, while behind him is a studio backdrop of a landscape. Sixth-plate daguerreotype mounted in a navy leather case, wit...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1840s
Extent:
1 item

7. Talbot Photo 4(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 4(3)
Title:
[Daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot.] Photographer: Claudet, Antoine François Jean
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot, wearing a top hat and with a monocle around his neck resting against his fastened jacket. He is posed holding an open book, while behind him is a backdrop of a landscape. Sixth plate daguerreotype mounte...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1840s
Extent:
1 item

8. Talbot Photo 5(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 5(70)
Title:
[Studio Portrait of a bearded gentleman (standing).] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length studio portrait of a man leaning against a cabinet. Photoglyphic engraving possibly from a daguerreotype. Written in pencil in top right corner by Eugene Ostroff (Curator of photography at The National Museum of American History and who visited Lacock Abb...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1960s
Extent:
1 item

9. Talbot Photo 5(75)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 5(75)
Title:
[Woman in Layered Dress.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '90815'. Genre: Portrait Photography Studio portrait of a standing woman wearing a multi-layered dress. Photoglyphic engraving possibly from a daguerreotype, handwritten in pencil in top right corner by Eugene Ostroff (Curator of photography at The Na...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
After 1858
Extent:
1 item

10. Talbot Photo 5(79)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 5(79)
Title:
[Duke of Edinburgh, aged 18.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '90426'. Genre: Portrait Photography One of two copies (prints 79-80) of this subject. Three quarter length studio portrait of the young Duke of Edinburgh wearing a checked jacket and holding the barrel of a rifle. Photoglyphic engraving. Image size 1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item