[Urn from Lady Elisabeth's Rose Garden, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Landscape Photography View in the grounds at Lacock with a close view of an urn on a plinth with a trellis arch at right. Chemistry float-applied on paper 174 x 223 mm.
[Clock tower, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from the stable yard, looking towards the clock tower, with the brew-house on the right and the entrance to the courtyard on the left. Chemistry float-applied on paper 188 x 229 mm.
[(?)Stone Gallery, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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The image is almost completely undecipherable; however, there may be an oblique view of a window at the extreme right. Chemistry float-applied on paper 188 x 229 mm.
[Gable and finial, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the end section of the roof, with a finial sculpture of an animal. Chemistry float-applied on paper 170 x 226 mm.
[Statuette of 'Eve at the Fountain'.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed (in reverse) on negative, 'April 24 1840.' Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view of the sculpture of the semi-reclining nude. Chemistry float-applied on paper 172 x 215 mm.
[Statuette of 'Eve at the Fountain'.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'April 29 1840.' Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view of the sculpture of the semi-reclining nude, lit from the right. Chemistry float-applied on paper 172 x 214 mm.
[Roof, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in ink by Talbot by bottom right of image: 'Sept 1840' and in bottom left of paper: '5' Cloudy'. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking up towards a section of the roof, showing a dormer window and two chimneys. This is the earliest dated calotype, Talbot wrote ab...
[Fly's Wings.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Scientific Photography An almost completely indiscernible positive print of a wing placed horizontally onto the paper. Salted paper print from a revived negative. Chemistry float-applied on paper 114 x 181 mm. Paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1840'.
[Undetectable Image.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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No indiscernible image, completely faded, though comparing it with the previous print in the album, this may also be of a study of an insect wing. Watermarked paper. Chemistry float-applied on paper 114 x 185 mm.
[The South Gallery, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography A view along the interior of the gallery towards the Blue Parlour, with the large fireplace in the left foreground and light streaming in from the windows along the right. Chemistry float-applied on paper 187 x 228 mm. For a discussion of this image, see Larry...