[Cameraless contact negative of a botanical specimen.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography A cameraless photogenic drawing of a stem of five-bladed leaves and thin off-shoots, possibly the same plant as print 47.
[Table laid with silverware.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed by Eugene Ostroff on album page beside the photograph: '3 Sept 1841'. Genre: Still Life Photography View looking down onto a round table, covered with a white table cloth and laid out with silverware. Some of the items include; candlesticks, jugs, tea and coffee pots. Ch...
[A game of chess.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Portrait Photography Study of two figures seated at a small table, studying the chess board. Nicolaas Henneman is seated on the right, the older man seated on the left is unidentified. Behind the figures is a white backdrop.Prints 19, 36, 46 and 52 appear to have been taken on the same o...
[Table laid for tea.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography An extremely faint print showing a table with several place settings, with (?)soup bowls laid out. Pencilled line (for cropping?) along bottom edge of print. Print trimmed to size of image.
[Sharington's Tower taken from the urn, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography An extremely faint print, almost invisible, showing an oblique view of the façade of the building. Print trimmed to size of image.
[North end, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography An oblique view of a section of the servants' quarters, showing a dormer window with a chimney on either side. Chemistry float-applied on paper 180 x 226 mm. The negative to this print (or at least an extremely close variant) can be found at Talbot Photo 1 (53) ...
[Maltese vase and statuette of boy reading.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Date inscribed in the negative: '29 April 1840'. Genre: Still Life Photography Study of two pieces of china against a dark background; to the right a sculpture of a seated cherub reading and to the left a wine vase decorated with grape motif and snake handle. Chemistry float-appli...
[Wall in Melon Ground, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography View of a stone wall with a pitchfork propped against its edge on the left, and other gardening implements laid out along its length. A very faded image. Chemistry float-applied on paper 187 x 226 mm. For a discussion of this image, see Larry J. Schaaf, 'The Photo...
[West front, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography A close view of the right side of the double steps leading up to the partially opened main door; there is a clear view of the adjacent gothic window. Chemistry float-applied on paper 187 x 226 mm. For a discussion of this image, see Larry J. Schaaf, 'The Photog...