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1. Talbot Photo 1(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(12)
Title:
Christ Church College, Oxford. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot.
Scope & Content:
View looking across the quadrangle of Christ Church College, with the cathedral spire rising on the skyline beyond. Prints from this trimmed negative can be found at Talbot Photo 2(172-173).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

2. Talbot Photo 1(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(41)
Title:
West Front, Notre Dame, Paris. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot.
Scope & Content:
Inscribed in ink: 716. Head-on view of the west face of Notre Dame Cathedral. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843?
Extent:
1 item

3. Talbot Photo 1(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(42)
Title:
Doorway of Notre Dame, Paris. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot.
Scope & Content:
Inscribed in pencil: 119. Close view of the northern and part of the central doorways in the west façade of Notre Dame Cathedral. Trimmed negative, a print from which can be found at Talbot Photo 2(275).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1843-Jun 1843
Extent:
1 item

4. Talbot Photo 1(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(43)
Title:
Notre Dame, Paris. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot.
Scope & Content:
Inscribed in ink: 716. View from an elevated vantage point showing the west face and twin towers of Notre Dame Cathedral. An elaborate awning hangs over the northern doorway of the building, placed there for the service after the death of Pope Gregory XVI. Scaffolding can be seen on the right-h...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item

5. Talbot Photo 1(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(54)
Title:
[Water Meadows and Canterbury Cathedral.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography A view looking though a wooden fence to the city of Canterbury with the cathedral on the skyline and partially reflected in a pond. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

6. Talbot Photo 1(66)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(66)
Title:
[A Scene in York.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A view along Lop Lane towards York Minster's western front. Prints from this trimmed negative can be found at Talbot Photo 2 (350-352). For a discussion of this image, see text by Larry J. Schaaf in, ‘Sun Pictures. Catalogue Three' (Hans P. Kraus, Jr. Inc. New ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
28 Jul 1845
Extent:
1 item

7. Talbot Photo 1(200)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(200)
Title:
S. Giovanni Laterano, Rome. Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in ink on verso: '72. S. Giovanni Laterano, Rome.'. Genre: Architectural Photography The façade of the basilica, taken at a slight distance and angle resulting in the dome being visible at one side. Image size 169 x 216 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Spring 1846
Extent:
1 item

8. Talbot Photo 1(213)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(213)
Title:
The Cathedral, Milan. Photographer: Calvert Richard Jones.
Scope & Content:
Inscribed in ink on unsensitised side: 99. Duomo, Milan (joins 97 at XX and 99 at OO). Part of a two-part view (the other negative is not in the collection), showing the façade of the cathedral.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Spring 1846
Extent:
1 item

9. Talbot Photo 1(284)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(284)
Title:
[Nave of St Rombout's Cathedral, Mechelen, Belgium.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A section of the nave with the large gothic window of the transept; the cathedral is partially hidden behind typical Flemish architecture. The sky has been opaqued by hand. Image size 177 x 211 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846?
Extent:
1 item

10. Talbot Photo 1(285)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(285)
Title:
[St Rombout's Cathedral taken from a distance, Mechelen, Belgium.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the cathedral with its tower, taken in a clearing and at a slightly elevated vantage point. In the foreground there is a wooden house, with a more ornate one behind, they block out a significant amount of detailing of the nave. Sections of the sky have b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846?
Extent:
1 item