The Talbot Collection: The Pencil of Nature, Part 4. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
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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.
Talbot Collection: Scrapbook containing drawings by Constance Talbot.
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Bound scrapbook album with black leather trim, marbled paper cover and gold embossing along the spine, measuring 287 x 230 x 40 mm. The album consists of 76 watercolour paintings and pencil sketches, which are fixed to the pages of the album which alternate in colours of pastel green, blue, beig...
Talbot Collection: Album of prints taken in 1840. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Green quarter leather and buckram album, measuring 247 x 295 x 20 mm. The album was originally catalogued as Talbot Album No.6, with this number written by Talbot in the top left corner of the inside cover. It consists of 39 prints made in 1840 and shows early examples of photographs made from c...
Talbot Collection: Album of prints dating from the early 1840s. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Half-leather album with marbled paper boards, measuring 266 x 320 x 21 mm. The album was originally catalogued as Talbot Album No.9 and has this number written by Talbot in the top left corner of the inside cover. It consists of prints and negatives all dating from the early 1840s.
Talbot Collection: Prints dating from 1839 to the early 1840s. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A maroon leather bound album with embossed decoration on both boards, a peacock and harp motif in the centre, measuring 265 x 223 x 12 mm. The album contains 25 prints (many faded almost to invisibility), tipped down at corners onto the buff album pages. The majority of the photographs are photo...
Talbot Collection: The Pencil of Nature. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
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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'.
Talbot Collection: Prints. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
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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...
Talbot Collection: Album presented to Talbot's daughter, Matilda. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Small leather bound burgundy album with embossed scroll pattern on cover. It is inscribed on the inside end paper with 'Matilda/ the gift of her affectionate Papa/ 25th Febry 1851'. The album contains 20 small calotypes, several of which have captions in the bottom left corner. One page has been...
Talbot Collection: Album of prints originally belonging to Mlle Amélina Petit de Billier. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Half red leather album with marbled paper boards, measuring 264 x 320 x 22 mm. The album originally belonged to Mlle Amélina Petit de Billier, the Talbot family's governess and close friend. Inscribed on the inside end paper, possibly in her hand: 'Vue photographiques par l'inventeur du Calotype...
Talbot Collection: Album displayed at the Society of Arts, 1852. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
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This album was displayed at the first exhibition held in Britain on photography, which was housed in the Great Room of the Society's House, London. Bound album with marbled paper cover and black leather trim with gold edging measuring 325 x 415 x 55 mm. A piece of embossed card is pasted in the...