Ruins of the Abbey of St Bavon, Ghent 1867. Photographer: Bretagne, C
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Inscription: Name of photographer and 'Louvain' printed under photograph. Handwritten in pencil on verso: l 'Ruins de St Bavon, Gand' and its English translation in ink 'Ruins of the Abbey of St Bavon Ghent, 1867 Showing the door and 2 windows of the chapter house from its interior with the Sacr...
[Bodleian Library, Oxford.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Stamped on verso: ' Patent/ Talbotype Photogenic Drawing'. Genre: Architectural Photography One of three copies (prints 203, 707 and 755) of this subject, a view taken in the School Quadrangle looking upwards towards the ornate entrance of the Bodleian Library. Trimmed print laid ...
[Regent Street, London.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Label on verso: 'Langham Place, 1842' [typewritten], 'Negative of similar in Science Museum' [handwritten]. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Lightly coloured and retouched view along Regent Street, taken from the centre of the street and looking towards Langham Place and All...
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts from la Rue Bonaparte. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Label on recto inscribed with 'F', on verso: 'L'Ecole des Beaux Arts/ pour Paris/ vue de la rue Bonaparte'. Genre: Architectural Photography View of the façade of the entrance with a decorative arch and column with sculpture in front. Trimmed print laid down on a label with the le...
[Bodleian Library, Oxford.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography One of three copies (prints 203, 707 and 755) of this subject, a view taken in the School Quadrangle looking upwards towards the ornate entrance of the Bodleian Library. Faded print, laid down on heavy card, with residue of gum around edges, from removed window ...
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.
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...
[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...
Court in the Alhambra, Granada, Spain. Photographer: Clouzard & Soulier
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Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '90882'. Genre: Architectural Photography Oblique view along a colonnaded portico of the Alhambra. Rounded right top and bottom corners. One of seven architectural subjects to be included in the 12 November 1858 edition of 'Photographic News'. Photogl...
Court in the Alhambra, Granada, Spain. Photographer: Clouzard & Soulier
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Inscription: Inscribed on recto: 'Cop', in pencil on verso: '90671'. Genre: Architectural Photography Oblique view along a colonnaded portico of the Alhambra. Rounded right top and bottom corners. Photoglyphic engraving on copper plate from original stereograph by Clouzard and Soulier, darker ...