[Basset Down House.] Photographer: Story-Maskeyne, Nevil
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Genre: Architectural Photography View taken from a slight incline and looking down onto the path leading to the house, which is mostly hidden by hedges and trees. The trunk of a young deciduous tree dominates the foreground. Trimmed negative.
[Basset Down House.] Photographer: Story-Maskeyne, Nevil
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Genre: Architectural Photography Taken from the garden, it shows a slightly oblique view of one of the sides of the building surrounded by several deciduous trees. Trimmed negative with clipped corners, the bottom two have slight chemical staining.
[Portrait of a Man Reading.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a man in three-quarter profile, he reads from a book rest, on which he rests is elbow and has his hand at his temple. Trimmed negative with clipped corners.
[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 ...
[Ruins, Doitwich.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '4'. Genre: Archaeological Photography A tightly composed view of an architectural ruin; it shows the remains of the interior section of the building amongst trees and shrubbery. Trimmed negative.
[Garden Urn.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography A calyx-krater shaped urn having been lit from one side. Trimmed negative, a print from which can be found at Talbot 14 (4).
[Strada Levante, Valetta, Malta.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '39' and ''81'. Genre: Architectural Photography A row of terraced houses with wooden cantilevered balconies and a walled entrance, behind which a row of washing can be seen. The negative was sent to Talbot on 13 February 1846 and a print from the tri...
Palm tree near Valletta, Malta Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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Trimmed negative, inscribed in ink, verso: 2. Palm Tree near Valetta. A stand of three palm trees among fields bounded by dry stone walls, with a young man seated in the middleground.
[Piazza del Gigante, Bologna.] Photographer: Calvert Richard Jones
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View taken from an elevated standpoint facing a corner of the market place, which has awnings at ground level. Market stalls are visible in the foreground. The sky has been darkened by hand. Trimmed negative, a print from which can be found at Talbot Photo 2(588).
Large Beech Tree, Nettlecombe. Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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Inscription: Quality rating 'A'. Inscribed in ink on verso: '241. Large Beech Tree, Nettlecombe'. Genre: Landscape Photography A man stands next to an opened wooden fence and looks at a large beech tree beyond. Image size 216 x 167 mm.