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1. 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

2. Talbot Photo 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2
Title:
Talbot Collection: Prints. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Collection of 758 loose prints, the majority of which are calotypes that were taken by Talbot and Henneman, and include images that were published in ‘The Pencil of Nature’, ‘Sun Pictures in Scotland’ and Henneman’s ‘Talbotypes or Sun Pictures’, there is also a large selection of architectural v...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s-1850s
Extent:
759 items

3. Talbot Photo 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 3
Title:
Talbot Collection: Stabilised Prints. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
A collection of stabilised prints dating from 1839 to 1842, using both photogenic camera negatives and calotype negatives. There are a total of 188 prints, all of which remain light sensitive and cannot be viewed in normal light conditions.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1842
Extent:
188 items

4. Talbot Photo 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 4
Title:
Talbot Collection: Daguerreotypes and glass plates. Photographer(s): Beard, Richard
Scope & Content:
A collection of eleven daguerreotypes and four images on glass that are housed in various boxes. The daguerreotypes consist of portraits of William Henry Fox Talbot, his daughters and a single portrait of Nicolaas Henneman, there are also two urban views; one of Paris and one of Regent Street, L...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s-1850s
Extent:
15 items

5. Talbot Photo 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 5
Title:
Talbot Collection: Photographic and Photoglyphic Engraving Proofs. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Collection of 88 loose leaf prints, showing examples of photographic engraving, photoglyphic engraving and photo-sculpsit. The majority are engravings of photographs that were not originally taken by Talbot and are examples of European architecture, some of which were also used as examples of ph...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1852-1866
Extent:
88 items

6. Talbot Photo 6

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 6
Title:
Talbot Collection: The Pencil of Nature. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Red leather bound copy of 'The Pencil of Nature', belonging to Talbot's youngest daughter, Matilda, inscribed in ink on inside page, 'Matilda Theresa Gilchrist-Clark/ her Book/ bound by C. C. Asttery and Margaret J. Shaw/ May 20th 1897'.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1844-1846
Extent:
24 items

7. Talbot Photo 7

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 7
Title:
The Talbot Collection: The Pencil of Nature, Part 3. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
The third installment of 'The Pencil of Nature', containing plates 13 - 15; 'Queen's College, Oxford, Entrance Gateway', 'The Ladder' and 'Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire'. The images are severely faded.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1844
Extent:
3 items

8. Talbot Photo 8

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 8
Title:
The Talbot Collection: The Pencil of Nature, Part 3. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
The third installment of 'The Pencil of Nature', containing plates 13 - 15; 'Queen's College, Oxford, Entrance Gateway', 'The Ladder' and 'Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire'. The images are severely faded.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1844
Extent:
3 items

9. Talbot Photo 9

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 9
Title:
The Talbot Collection: The Pencil of Nature, Part 4. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
The fourth installment of 'The Pencil of Nature', containing plates 16 - 18; 'Queen's Cloisters of Lacock Abbey', 'Bust of Patroclus' and 'Gate of Christchurch'. The images are severely faded.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1844
Extent:
3 items

10. Talbot Photo 10

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 10
Title:
Talbot Collection: Album of prints dating from 1839 to 1841. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Album bound in half red leather and marbled paper, measuring 260 x 375 mm. The album was originally catalogued as Talbot Album No. 8 and has the number written by Talbot in the top left corner of the inside cover. It contains 40 prints and 11 negatives all dating from between 1839 and 1841; the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1841
Extent:
52 items