Bowood [House]. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed in pencil on verso: 'April 14 /40, Bowood'. A photogenic camera negative showing an oblique view of the neo-classical entrance with the bell tower under scaffolding. This negative is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal light levels.
Table with Two Candles and Teapot. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed in pencil on verso: '27 May 1840/ Table with Two Candles & Teapot'. A photogenic camera negative of a still life depicting two silver candlesticks a silver teapot and sugar bowl on a square table covered in a white tablecloth. A positive print of this image can be found at Talbot ...
[The Soliloquy of the Broom.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed in pencil on verso: '21 Jany/ 1841 16 [struck through] 30/ variation of the open door'. Calotype negative of the earliest version of this composition of a broom resting against an opened door. A later version, taken in 1844, would be used as a plate in The Pencil of Nature. This negat...
[Chimney, Stable Yard, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A calotype negative chemically brushed to produce a narrow vertical line which shows a small rectangular chimney stack with a section of the slatted roof underneath, it possibly part of the rear of the clock tower. The negative was originally in wrapping paper marked '9 Sept./ 1842', inside of w...
Bust of Patroclus. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed on verso in ink: 'LA17/ LA968 [struck through] / I.H.W'. An intensified print of the sculpture in full profile facing left, with the lower part of the chest and plinth having been cropped. This print is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal light levels. ...
[Dormer Window, Stable Yard, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed in pencil on verso: '6 9 1842'. A calotype negative of a tightly composed view looking up at the roof of the stable yard block with a dormer window at centre. The negative was in wrapping paper marked '9 Sept. / 1842, which also included information about the development process 'c.a ...
[Gabled Roof, Stable Yard, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed on recto, lower right corner, in pencil: '18' and in ink in lower left corner; '2'. A calotype negative showing part of the gabled roof; probably in the south-east corner of the stable yard block. The view includes a chimney stack, windows below the eaves of the roof and the distincti...
[Gabled Roof, Stable Yard, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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'4' inscribed in pencil in lower left corner. A faint calotype negative of the dormer window from the south-east corner of the stably yard; the view also includes a partial view of a chimney stack behind and windows below the eaves of the roof. The negative was originally wrapped in paper insc...
[Gabled Roof, Stable Yard, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A leucotype taken from an elevated vantage point showing a section of the gabled roof, probably in the south-east corner, with a window to the left under the eaves. There is some chemical staining and the image has been lost in the top right corner. Originally wrapped in paper marked '8 April/ 4...
[Gabled Roof, Stable Yard, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A leucotype taken from an elevated vantage point showing a section of the gabled roof with a window to the left under the eaves. There is heavy chemical staining and only the window is clearly visible. Originally wrapped in paper marked '8 April/ 43 L.'. This print is particularly light sensitiv...