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Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 12(36)
Title:: [Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography An extremely faint print showing an oblique view of a section of the building, the architectural detail lost for the most part, but possibly showing a dormer window and chimneys and therefore suggesting that it may be the northern façade looking eastwards. Chem...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 21 Jun 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 12(47)
Title:: [The South Gallery, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography A view along the interior of the gallery towards the Blue Parlour, with the large fireplace in the left foreground and light streaming in from the windows along the right. Chemistry float-applied on paper 187 x 228 mm. For a discussion of this image, see Larry...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 12(54)
Title:: [Fireplace, South Gallery, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Inscribed in a modern hand on album page, '3 Oct 1840.' Genre: Architectural Photography An oblique view of the fireplace in the South Gallery with two fire guards at right, a painting above and a smaller painting to the left. Chemistry float-applied on paper 180 x 220 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 03 Oct 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 12(59)
Title:: [West front, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Date inscribed on verso in Talbot's hand. Genre: Architectural Photography A photogenic camera negative of the west front of Lacock abbey. The camera has been placed at some distance from the building, with the lawn taking up a significant amount of the foreground. Sharington's To...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 28 Apr 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 13(4)
Title:: [Open window, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View looking upwards towards a partially opened sash window of the Blue Parlour, on the south façade of Lacock Abbey. Paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1840'. Chemistry float-applied on paper 185 x 227 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 25 Jan 1841
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 13(17)
Title:: [Servants' quarters (?), Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography A faded image looking along the range of buildings at Lacock Abbey. Chemistry float-applied on paper 190 x 230 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Early 1840s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 13(19)
Title:: [Amelina's harp in the South Gallery, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Still Life Photography Study of the harp in the South Gallery at Lacock, positioned in front of a grand piano, with a bookshelf to the right. Chemistry float-applied on paper 184 x 227 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 16 Oct 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 13(26)
Title:: [Sharington's Tower, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the upper portion and roofline of Sharington's Tower, showing the stone balustrade. The photograph had an exposure time of ten minutes. Another copy of this image, somewhat clearer, can be found at Talbot Photo 15 (1). Chemistry float-applied on pa...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 14 Oct 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 13(35)
Title:: [South Gallery, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: A study of furniture and other items in the South Gallery of Lacock Abbey. The view looks directly towards a chaise longue, with a bookcase behind and a music stand on the left. Chemistry float-applied on paper 186 x 226 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 03 May 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 13(36)
Title:: [View in the Cloisters, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Interior view of one end of the Cloisters at Lacock Abbey, possibly by the East Front, with a column left of centre and a gothic arch at right; in front of the cloisters, there is a wooden bench with a slab of sculptured stone beside it. Chemistry float-applied ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Early 1840s
Extent:: 1 item

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