Talbot Collection: Negatives. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot, Nicolaas Henneman, Calvert Richard Jones, George Wilson Bridges and others
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Collection of 359 loose negatives and include some of the originals used to produce many of the prints published in The Pencil of Nature and Sun Pictures in Scotland. There is also a large selection of architectural views taken by Talbot of university colleges, particularly in Oxford and also th...
Articles of china. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
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View of four shelves of porcelain; this is the original trimmed negative (waxed), used as plate 3 of The Pencil of Nature. Prints taken from this negative can also be found at Talbot Photo 2(8-10) and Talbot Photo 6(3).
Bust of Patroclus. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
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Cropped view of the sculpture. This is the original trimmed negative (waxed), used as a replacement version for plate 5 in later issues of The Pencil of Nature. Prints made from this negative can be found at Talbot Photo 2(16-19, 696), Talbot Photo 6(5), Talbot Photo 16(10).
Leaf of a plant. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot.
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Photogenic drawing contact negative of a trifoliate stem of a fern-like plant; this is possibly the original trimmed negative that was used for plate 7 of The Pencil of Nature. With portions missing from all four corners, presumably from having been removed from an album page. Prints from this n...
Cloisters of Lacock Abbey. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
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Inscribed K in ink at top left corner of sensitised side. View taken from inside the cloister yard, showing the northern section of the ivy-covered wall, with a row of perpendicular traceried arches; this is possibly the original trimmed negative that was used for plate 16 of The Pencil of Natu...
Sharington's Tower, Lacock Abbey. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
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View from the south, looking across the lawn towards Sharington's tower, with two ladders leaning against the east wall. This is the original trimmed negative used for plate 19 of ThePencil of Nature. Prints from this negative can be found at Talbot Photo 2(61) and Talbot Photo 6(19).