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1. Talbot Photo

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo
Title:
Talbot Collection
Scope & Content:
Photographic Collection of William Henry Fox Talbot, comprising original negatives, prints and other items produced by Talbot and his circle.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830s-1900s
Extent:
Unspecified

2. Talbot Photo 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1
Title:
Talbot Collection: Negatives. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot, Nicolaas Henneman, Calvert Richard Jones, George Wilson Bridges and others
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1850
Extent:
359 items

3. Talbot Photo 1(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(1)
Title:
Articles of china. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
Scope & Content:
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).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before Jan 1844
Extent:
1 item

4. Talbot Photo 1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(2)
Title:
Bust of Patroclus. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
Scope & Content:
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).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 1846
Extent:
1 item

5. Talbot Photo 1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(3)
Title:
Leaf of a plant. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot.
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 14 Feb 1844
Extent:
1 item

6. Talbot Photo 1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(4)
Title:
Cloisters of Lacock Abbey. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 1840s
Extent:
1 item

7. Talbot Photo 1(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(5)
Title:
Facsimile of an old printed page. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
Scope & Content:
Photogenic drawing negative of a page of text; possibly the original trimmed negative used for plate 9 of The Pencil of Nature.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before Mar 1840
Extent:
1 item

8. Talbot Photo 1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(6)
Title:
Sharington's Tower, Lacock Abbey. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
Scope & Content:
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).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before Feb 1845
Extent:
1 item

9. Talbot Photo 1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(7)
Title:
Hall door, Abbotsford. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot.
Scope & Content:
Original trimmed negative for plate 5 of Sun Pictures in Scotland (1845).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1844
Extent:
1 item

10. Talbot Photo 1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(8)
Title:
Melrose Abbey. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
Scope & Content:
View of the abbey ruins from the graveyard; probably the original trimmed negative for plate 7 of Sun Pictures in Scotland (1845).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1844
Extent:
1 item

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