Swansea Pilots. Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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Inscription: Quality rating 'A' in pencil and inscribed in ink on verso: '111. Swansea Pilots'. Genre: Portrait Photography Study of two men leaning on the harbour wall, looking out to sea, one with a telescope held to his eye. Image size 87 x 104 mm with paper tabs on verso.
[Scientific instruments made by J. Newman.] Photographer: Henneman, Nicolaas
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: Invented by T. Rolands Esqr/ and Manufactured by/ J. Newman, 122 Regent St, London. View looking down onto a table top with an arrangement of scientific equipment laid out; the apparatus consists of a metal pole with four branches onto which small glass bottles ...
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the Georgian crescent taken from one end of the side railings, a telescope is visible on the central roof. Chemistry brush-applied on paper 188 x 229 mm.
[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...
Inscription: Inscribed on recto: 'W.H.F. Talbot's Patent No. 1046'. Handwritten on verso: 'Talbot's Duplicate'. Four hand-coloured diagrams depicting the machinery to Talbot's patent for obtaining motive power.
