Bowood [House]. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed in pencil on verso: 'April 14 /40, Bowood'. A photogenic camera negative showing an oblique view of the neo-classical entrance with the bell tower under scaffolding. This negative is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal light levels.
Inscribed in pencil on verso: '14 April /40 /Wall'. A photogenic camera negative of the end section of a stone wall with the hint of woodland in the distance. This negative is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal light levels.
Bowood [House]. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed in pencil on verso: '25 April 1840/ Bowood'. A photogenic camera negative showing a head-on view of the entrance to the Big House at Bowood, with its columned façade and octagonal towers at either end. This negative is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal...
[Exterior View of Oriel Window, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed in pencil on verso: 'Jany. 23 1841'. A calotype negative of a view looking upwards to the upper window and balustrade roof of an unidentified country house, behind the building's façade the top section of a gabled roof with finial can be seen. This negative is particularly light sensi...
North End of East Terrace, Lacock Abbey. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed in pencil on verso: '21 Feb 1841/ N end of E. Terrace. Lacock Abbey'. A calotype negative taken from ground level and at a slight angle showing a stone wall in the foreground with a section of the building behind which has a gabled roof and twisted chimney. This negative is particular...
[Dormer Window, Stable Yard, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed in pencil on verso: '6 9 1842'. A calotype negative of a tightly composed view looking up at the roof of the stable yard block with a dormer window at centre. The negative was in wrapping paper marked '9 Sept. / 1842, which also included information about the development process 'c.a ...
[Bowood House.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A calotype negative of a view taken at an elevated vantage point looking down on the neoclassical Adam entrance of Bowood House; the camera was probably positioned on the roof of the 'Big House'. Prints taken from this negative can be found at Talbot Photo 10 (43 and 44). This negative is partic...
[Lattice Window, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Head-on view of three panes of lattice work window taken from the interior of Lacock Abbey with the outside foliage bordering the sides of the window. This print is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal light levels.
[Diogenes, without sun, 17' (small).] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Calotype negative of a close-up view of the terracotta sculpture by Victor Alexander Sederbach, located in one of the niches of the Great Hall, Lacock Abbey. The photograph was taken with a 17 minute exposure time. This negative is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under norm...
[View from the Cloister Courtyard, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A stabilized negative looking across the cloister courtyard towards the north-east corner at first floor level. This negative is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal light levels.