[Woman wearing Paisley Shawl.] Photographer: W. and F. Langenheim and Co.
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Three-quarter length portrait of seated woman wearing a bonnet, leather gloves and with a paisley shawl around her shoulders. Possibly a print of a daguerreotype, 165 x 127 mm.
Inscription: On verso: stamp of the Prince of Wales' warrant and inscribed 'Mr. Harry J. Emmens, / Photographer,/ 27, Bold Street./ Liverpool./ From the London Stereoscopic Co.'. Genre: Portrait Photography Carte de visite showing man wearing three-quarter length coat, holding umberella and to...
The Fruit Sellers. Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'The Fruitsellers' 'Photograph taken by Fox Talbot in the Cloisters at Lacock Abbey. An interesting group of figures with the costumes of the early forties.' [typewritten] One of two copies (prints 324 and 714) of this subject, four men and two women posing with...
Daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot. Photographer: Claudet, Antoine François Jean
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Half-length portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot, wearing a top hat and with a monocle around his neck resting against his white waistcoat. He holds an open book in his right hand, while behind him is a studio backdrop of a landscape. Sixth-plate daguerreotype mounted in a navy leather case, wit...
[Daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot.] Photographer: Claudet, Antoine François Jean
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Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot, wearing a top hat and with a monocle around his neck resting against his fastened jacket. He is posed holding an open book, while behind him is a backdrop of a landscape. Sixth plate daguerreotype mounte...
[Head and Shoulders Portrait of a Woman.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '90411'. Genre: Portrait Photography Bust length portrait of a woman wearing a bonnet and turned slightly to the left. Photoglyphic engraving, handwritten in pencil at right edge of paper by Eugene Ostroff (Curator of photography at The National Museu...
[Sir David Brewster with Talbot's microscope, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of Sir David Brewster seated beside a small table on which a microscope stands. Brewster, wearing a top hat, stares directly at the camera. Chemistry float-applied on paper 188 x 225 mm. For a discussion of this image, see text by Larry J. Scha...
Cloisters of Lacock Abbey. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed as above in ink at bottom right of page. Genre: Portrait Photography In a composition also known as 'The Fruit Sellers,' a group of men and women pose with baskets of fruit and other vegetable produce in the cloisters of Lacock Abbey. Larry J. Schaaf has identified sever...