[Exceptionally Tall Potted Plant.] Photographer: Llewellyn, John Dillwyn
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Genre: Portrait Photography One of two copies (prints 745 and 746) of this subject, a view of a man standing next to and admiring an extremely tall potted plant that is in front of a greenhouse. Photograph attributed to John Dillwyn Llewellyn. Waxed and trimmed print laid down on card.
[Exceptionally Tall Potted Plant.] Photographer: Llewellyn, John Dillwyn
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Genre: Portrait Photography One of two copies (prints 745 and 746) of this subject, a view of a man standing next to and admiring an extremely tall potted plant that is in front of a greenhouse. Photograph attributed to John Dillwyn Llewellyn. Waxed and trimmed print laid down on card.
[By the Entrance to Singleton Abbey.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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Inscription: Stamped on verso: 'Patent/ Talbotype Or/ Sun Pictures'. Genre: Architectural Photography Slightly off-centre view of a man sitting by the lion sculptures at the entrance to Singleton Abbey, partial view of the building behind. Fingerprints visible in the bottom corners. Watermarke...
The Woodcutters - Nicole and Pullen Sawing and Cleaving. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Portrait Photography One of four copies (prints 389, 390, 719 (hand-coloured) and 753) of a posed photograph of Nicolaas Henneman (L) and Samuel Pullen (R) sawing and chopping timber outside a shed. Faded print, laid down on heavy card, with residue of gum around edges, from a removed wi...
[Portrait, possibly Professor Lepsius.] Photographer: Henneman, Nicolaas
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Calotype negative of a half length portrait of a man in three quarter profile, he wears spectacles, an opened jacket, shirt with stiff collar and dark neck tie. The negative was originally wrapped in paper inscribed by Talbot, 'Recd. back from Reading 3 Apr 1844’. This negative is particularly l...
[Portrait of three men by a tree trunk.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Portrait Photography Three men, two standing and one sitting, by a trunk of leafless tree. Rounded upper border, right side imprint slightly lighter. Photoglyphic engraving on copper plate. Written in pencil top right by Eugene Ostroff (Curator of photography at The National Museum of Am...
[Men in Shipyard (?)] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '91061'. Genre: Industrial Photography Two shipyard employees standing by some barrels and equipment with a partial view of a ship at left. Photoglyphic engraving from image by unknown photographer. Image size 72 x 72 mm, press imprint size 95 x 128 m...
[Studio Portrait of a bearded gentleman (standing).] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length studio portrait of a man leaning against a cabinet. Photoglyphic engraving possibly from a daguerreotype. Written in pencil in top right corner by Eugene Ostroff (Curator of photography at The National Museum of American History and who visited Lacock Abb...
[Benjamin Disraeli (?)] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '90296'. Genre: Portrait Photography Head and shoulders portrait of a middle-aged man, who may possibly be the Earl of Beaconsfield. Photoglyphic engraving. Image size 104 x 70 mm, press imprint size 104 x 70 mm, paper size 275 x 188 mm. Vertical line...
[Portrait of Man and Boy.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '90304'. Genre: Portrait Photography Studio portrait of man and young boy, the man is propped against a balustrade while the boy rests against the man. Photoglyphic engraving. Image size 92 x 77 mm, press imprint size 124 x 95 mm, paper size 147 x 111...