Inscription: Handwritten on the drawing and album page; 'Oberwesel on the Rhine. A pencil drawing of two circular towers, one large and one small, on the banks of the River Rhine with their reflections visible in the water.
Inscription: Handwritten on the drawing and album page; 'Bolzano in the Tyrol'. A pencil drawing of a village by the Isarco River; a tiered spire, right of centre, rises above the neighbouring rooftops.
Inscription: Handwritten on the album page; 'Berne'. A pencil drawing sketched from a hilltop looking down towards the Aare River; the tower of Bern Münster is visible on a nearby hillside at left.
[Pencil Drawing titled] Jardin des Canteleu - Near Rouen.
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Inscription: Handwritten on the album page; 'Jardin des Canteleu - near Rouen'. A pencil drawing sketched from a hill top between two trees looking down towards the Seine.
[Pencil Drawing titled] Pont de Clay - Near Grenoble.
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Inscription: Handwritten on the album page; 'Pont de Clay - near Grenoble'. A pencil drawing sketched from the banks of the Rhône River showing a large arched bridge with two men standing in the centre talking; there is a toll gate on the far bank at right.
Inscription: Handwritten on album page; 'Ventimiglia'. A pencil drawing sketched from the banks of the river looking across to the opposite bank where there are rows of houses on the hillside and the city wall at right.
Inscription: Handwritten on album page; 'Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome'. A pencil drawing carried out on the banks of the River Tiber showing houses on the opposite bank to the right and the Castel Sant' Angelo straight ahead and slightly left of centre.
Inscription: Inscribed in ink; 'Lago di Como'. A pencil drawing of a waterfall working its way down a mountainside to Lake Como with houses on either side and a stone bridge at the base of the waterfall.
The bridge of Orleans. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards the bridge across the River Loire at Orléans, with the cathedral on the skyline beyond. Published in 'The Pencil of Nature' (plate 12). Float-applied chemistry, on paper measuring 188x230 mm, marked 'a' in pencil on sensitised side. Ov...
The bridge of Orleans. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards the bridge across the River Loire at Orléans, with the cathedral on the skyline beyond. Published in 'The Pencil of Nature' (plate 12). Brush-applied chemistry, on paper measuring 188x230 mm. Overall fading.