Fac-simile of an Old Printed Page. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Plate 9 of Matilda Gilchrist-Clark's bound copy of 'The Pencil of Nature'. A reproduction of a printed page titled 'Ricardi Secundi'. Chemistry float-applied on paper 220 x 177. The text that accompanies the plate reads, 'Taken from a black-letter volume in the Author's library, containing the...
Persian Newspaper. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed along top of print: 'Persian Newspaper' and handwritten in pencil by Eugene Ostroff on album page beside the photograph: 'H.F. Talbot Photograph [W.H.F.T]' A page of Persian script with two columns of writing, the left-hand side written horizontally, the narrower right-ha...
[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'.
Facsimile of an old printed page. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Copy of a page from the 'Nova Statuta' (1484), headed 'Ricardi secundi.' Published in 'The Pencil of Nature' (plate 9). Brush-applied chemistry, on paper measuring 227x186 mm.
Facsimile of an old printed page. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Copy of a page from the 'Nova Statuta' (1484), headed 'Ricardi secundi.' Published in 'The Pencil of Nature' (plate 9). Brush-applied chemistry, on paper measuring 231x188 mm. Very faded.