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1. Photo 1000/5(499)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/5(499)
Title:
'Chapel' in right end of verandah of Buddhist vihara, Cave XXI, Ajanta. Photographer: Gill, Robert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Note Gill's stereoscopic camera and basket of chemicals on the porch. See Madras Government Proceedings, Public Department, 18 April 1868, letter of 18 March 1868 from James Burgess, which supplies a list of the 61 stereoscopic views of the caves sent in by Gil...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1000/5(512)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/5(512)
Title:
Doorway of Buddhist Vihara, Cave XXIV, Ajanta, with Major Gill seated in entry. Photographer: Gill, Robert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of doorway, with Gill seated on the ground leaning against the architrave, which is decorated with carved figures.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1868-1870
Extent:
1 item

3. Talbot Photo 2(353)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(353)
Title:
[Reading Establishment Panorama, left half.] Photographer: Henneman, Nicolaas
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'I. HW [Intensified by Harold White]/ Talbot's Photographic Establishment at Reading about 1845-6' [in pencil]. Genre: Portrait Photography One of two copies (prints 353 and 354) of this subject, taken in the backyard by the glasshouse of the premises at Russel...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item

4. Talbot Photo 2(354)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(354)
Title:
[Reading Establishment Panorama, Left Half.] Photographer: Henneman, Nicolaas
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'A/ 180mm wide'. Genre: Portrait Photography One of two copies (prints 353 and 354) of this subject, taken in the backyard by the glasshouse of the premises at Russell Terrace, it shows Talbot (far right) and three other men preparing to take portrait photograp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item

5. Talbot Photo 2(355)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(355)
Title:
[Reading Establishment Panorama, Right Half.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'B in proto A'. Genre: Portrait Photography Taken in the backyard of the premises at Russell Terrace, Reading, this right-hand section of the panorama shows Henneman (centre) and four other men preparing photographs, with rows of prints out in the sun. Printed ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item

6. Talbot Photo 4(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 4(1)
Title:
[Daguerreotype portrait of Nicolaas Henneman.] Photographer: Claudet, Antoine François Jean
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length portrait of Nicolaas Henneman, seated in a leather arm chair, resting his right elbow on the arm of the chair and with his hand by his temple, looking towards the right. Sixth-plate daguerreotype, mounted in a burgundy leather case with the Adelaide Galle...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1840s
Extent:
1 item

7. Talbot Photo 4(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 4(2)
Title:
Daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot. Photographer: Claudet, Antoine François Jean
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1840s
Extent:
1 item

8. Talbot Photo 4(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 4(3)
Title:
[Daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot.] Photographer: Claudet, Antoine François Jean
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1840s
Extent:
1 item

9. Talbot Photo 4(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 4(8)
Title:
[Daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot.] Photographer: Beard, Richard
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Patent label on verso: ''PATENT/ PHOTOGRAPHIC LIKENESSES/ taken by/ WOLCOTTS/ Reflecting Apparatus/ at the/ ROYAL POLYTECHNIC/ INSTITUTION/ Regent Street.' Genre: Portrait Photography Head and shoulders daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot, facing directly into the c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 14 Mar 1841
Extent:
1 item

10. Talbot Photo 4(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 4(9)
Title:
[Daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot.] Photographer: Beard, Richard
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Patent label on verso: ''PATENT/ PHOTOGRAPHIC LIKENESSES/ taken by/ WOLCOTTS/ Reflecting Apparatus/ at the/ ROYAL POLYTECHNIC/ INSTITUTION/ Regent Street.' Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot, facing towards the left. N...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 14 Mar 1841
Extent:
1 item