[Gatehouse, St John's College, Cambridge.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: 260/ pure g./ in too dark weather/ Steel [Handwritten in pencil by Talbot.] Genre: Architectural Photography Oblique view of the turreted gatehouse. Steel plate photoglyphic engraving. Image size 75 x 60 mm, press imprint size 106 x 72 mm, paper size 223 x 128 mm.
[Gatehouse, St John's College, Cambridge.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: 261/ wax'd/ pure g./ Steel [Handwritten in pencil by Talbot.] Genre: Architectural Photography Oblique view of the turreted gatehouse. Steel plate photoglyphic engraving. Image size 75 x 58 mm, press imprint size 105 x 72 mm, paper size 224 x 130 mm.
[Silver Shield and Tankards.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: 264 mix'd copal. / Steel [Handwritten in pencil by Talbot.] Genre: Still Life Photography Selection of tankards, urns and a shield displayed by a draped curtain, also known as 'Group of Antique Plate'. Photoglyphic engraving on steel plate originally taken from a stereograph by Si...
[Glen Turret.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography A picturesque scene of buildings, possibly the whisky distillery, in front of a mountainside; at the centre there is a round turret with two men carrying long poles standing in front. Pasted label underneath image reads: 'Reproduction d'une gravure.' Photoglyphi...
Statue de l'Apollon du Belvédère (Vatican). Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: 616/ no resin/etched with 3- polywiped. [Handwritten in pencil by Talbot.] Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of the classical sculpture against a black background with a typewritten inscription in French. Photoglyphic engraving. Image size 76 x 58 mm, press imprint size 104 x ...
[Basilique de Saint-Denis, near Paris.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography The façade of the church; it has three rounded portals, the central is slightly larger and has a rose window above, the right portal leads to the bell tower. Photoglyphic engraving, '620' is printed in reverse in the top left corner. Image size 198 x 145 mm, pre...
[Église Saint-Eustache and Les Halles, Paris.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography View taken from an elevated position, looking across the corner of a covered market place towards a church with buttresses. Advertising on a nearby building makes it likely that this is in France. Photoglyphic engraving. Image size 161 x 204 mm, imprint size 202...
[Engraving titled] Ara Force. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Ara force/ 2-/ 622/ heat no resin/ triple process [Handwritten in pencil by Talbot.] Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of A reproduction of the engraving by L Aspland; it depicts two people standing on a footbridge and looking at a cascading waterfall in a wooded area. Photoglyphic e...
[Lion de Lucerne, (Suisse).] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography Head-on view of the monument to commemorate the Royalist mercenaries who lost their lives during the French Revolution; the memorial is represented by a dying lion. Photoglyphic engraving. Image size 58 x 77 mm, press imprint size 71 x 103 mm, paper size 150 x 2...
[Basilique de Saint-Denis, near Paris.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: 624/ no heat no resin. double process/ recd April 1861 [Handwritten in pencil by Talbot.] Genre: Architectural Photography The façade of the church; it has three rounded portals, the central is slightly larger and has a rose window above, the right portal leads to the bell tower....