Forbury Hill, Reading. Photographer: Henneman, Nicolaas
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'Patent/ Talbotype/ Or/ Sun Pictures', '231' and 'Forbury Hill/ Reading'. Genre: Architectural Photography A winter scene of three bare trees with the belltower of St James' Church just visible in the distance. Paper trimmed to image and mounted with patent sta...
Genre: Portrait Photography Group of eight men, some in British Army uniform, grouped standing by a trellised entrance and behind a table set for an alfresco breakfast. The sitters have been identified as: (back row L- R) Petre, Larcelles, Hone, Howard, (front row L-R) Agnew, Wilson, St Paul an...
Genre: Architectural Photography Dining room in the Arts and Crafts style; typical floral wallpaper, painted wooden shutters, tiered wooden mantelpiece displaying plates. The table is set for a meal, at right the door leading to the living room is open.
[Sculpture Representing Summer.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '90268'. Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Sculpture of a woman wearing a turban and holding a sheaf of wheat, the sculpture is set against a black background. Photogylphic engraving from stereograph by unknown photographer. Print size 77 x 53 mm, pres...
Inscription: Handwritten on album page in ink; 'Lago di Fusaro'. Pencil drawing of a section of the lake; on the opposite bank there is a tower atop a hill and a cliff arch caused by water erosion.
[A glacier (?)] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Cop [Handwritten in pencil by Talbot.] Genre: Landscape Photography View of a cluster of smooth pieces of ice by the side of a river. Copper plate photoglyphic engraving from a stereograph by an unspecified photographer. Image size 68 x 73 mm, press imprint size 95 x 127 mm, paper...
[Sculpture Representing Summer.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Sculpture of a woman wearing a turban and holding a sheaf of wheat, the sculpture is set against a black background. Photogylphic engraving from stereograph by unspecified photographer. Print size 72 x 58 mm, press imprint size 102 x 71 mm, 126 x 107 mm.
[Sculpture Representing Summer.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Sculpture of a woman wearing a turban and holding a sheaf of wheat, the sculpture is set against a black background. Photogylphic engraving from stereograph by unspecified photographer. Print size 84 x 74 mm, press imprint size 127 x 102 mm, 223 x 141 mm.
[Benjamin Disraeli (?)] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Portrait Photography Head and shoulders portrait of a middle-aged man, who may possibly be the Earl of Beaconsfield; the lower half of the engraving has two horizontal patches that cover up part of the image. Photoglyphic engraving. Image size 93 x 64 mm, press imprint size 103 x 70 mm, ...