Genre: Architectural Photography One of two copies (prints 655 and 656) of this subject, a man leaning against left side of entrance which has crenelated battlements and carved arch with shell-shaped niches on either side. Previously photograph has been attributed to: T.D. Eaton or S. Buckle. C...
Genre: Architectural Photography One of two copies (prints 657 and 658) of this subject, a man seated against right side of entrance which has crenelated battlements and carved arch with shell-shaped niches on either side. Chemistry float-applied on paper 235 x 192 mm. Previously photograph has...
Genre: Architectural Photography One of two copies (prints 657 and 658) of this subject, a man seated against right side of entrance which has crenelated battlements and carved arch with shell-shaped niches on either side. Chemistry float-applied on paper 187 x 165 mm. Previously photograph has...
The Halle aux Serges, Burges. Photographer: Bretagne, C
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Inscription: Name of photographer and 'Louvain' printed under photograph. Handwritten in pencil on verso: 'Burges, Halle Aux Serges' and its English translation in ink 'The Halle aux Serges at Bruges. Bought there in 1867'. The stamp of the photographer consisting of globe, telescope and measuri...
[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 ...
Cloisters of Lacock Abbey. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography One of three copies (prints 54-55 and 752) of this subject, taken from inside the cloister yard, it shows a view of the northern section of the ivy-covered cloister wall with a row of Perpendicular traceried arches and the entrance at left. Also published as pl...
[The Soliloquy of the Broom.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed in pencil on verso: '21 Jany/ 1841 16 [struck through] 30/ variation of the open door'. Calotype negative of the earliest version of this composition of a broom resting against an opened door. A later version, taken in 1844, would be used as a plate in The Pencil of Nature. This negat...
Gate of the Cathedral of Valladolid. Photographer: Clouzard & Soulier
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'PN Fax of the Cathd[ral] of Valladolid Spain' ''90900'. Genre: Architectural Photography View of the intricate stonework carving of the entrance to the cathedral, image border rounded at top corners. Photoglyphic engraving from original stereograph by Clouzard...
Gate of the Cathedral of Valladolid. Photographer: Clouzard & Soulier
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Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '90883'. Genre: Architectural Photography View of the intricate stonework carving of the entrance to the cathedral, image border rounded at top corners. One of seven architectural subjects to be included in the 12 November 1858 edition of 'Photographi...
The Open Door. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography Plate 6 of Matilda Gilchrist-Clark's bound copy of 'The Pencil of Nature'. A study of a broomstick resting across a half-closed door. Paper trimmed to size of image. The text that accompanies the plate reads, 'The chief object of the present work is to place on r...