[Cameraless contact negative of a botanical Specimen.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Scientific Photography A cameraless contact negative showing the stem of a bipinnate plant with serrated leaves. Negative trimmed to image size.
[Leaf of a Plant.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Scientific Photography A direct cameraless image of the trifoliate stem of a fern-like plant against a white field. Print trimmed to image size. Four loose copies can be found in Talbot Photo 2 (prints 24-26 and 697). The negative to this print can be found at Talbot Photo 1(3). Also pu...
[Cameraless contact negative of the stem of an Apiaceae Plant.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Scientific Photography A cameraless contact negative of a plant of the parsely family with one of the bottom petioles facing downward. Negative trimmed to image size.
[Cameraless contact negative of a sample of lace.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A cameraless contact negative of a sample of lace, the fabric designed with rows of a scrolled leaf pattern, which includes small five petal flowers in between; the border has a convex edging. Negative trimmed to image size.
[Cameraless contact negative of a sample of lace.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A cameraless contact negative of a piece of lace, with small leaf motif over the majority of the fabric; the border has a convex edging with alternating patterns. Negative trimmed to image size.
[Cover of 'The Pencil of Nature'.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed above photograph: 'Matilda/ the gift of her affectionate Papa/ 25th Febry 1851'. A camera diminished reproduction of the central design for the cover of 'The Pencil of Nature'.
Diminished [Copy of a Lithographic Print.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed on recto: 'Diminished'. Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of A camera diminished copy of Louis Leopold Boilly's 'Réunion de trente-cinq têtes diverses'. The original reproduction of this lithograph was used as plate 11 in 'The Pencil of Nature' and loose copies can be found ...
Merton College, Oxford. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed on recto: 'Merton College, Oxford'. Genre: Architectural Photography A small calotype showing a view of part of the college buildings. The photograph is extremely faded and the image indistinct, though it may have been taken from across the Fellow's Garden. The photograp...