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Project / Collection Talbot Collection Subject Musical Instruments Material Type Photographs

1. Talbot Photo 1(139)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(139)
Title:
[Savoyard with Hurdy-gurdy.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full length studio portrait of a standing boy wearing a brimmed hat and knee-high spats; he holds a hurdy-gurdy across his body. This image has been published as plate 1 in 'The Hurdy Gurdy' by Susann and Samuel Palmer (David & Charles: Newton Abbot, 1980) and is...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

2. Talbot Photo 2(388)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(388)
Title:
Believed to be L to R. Caroline, Horatia, Lady Elizabeth. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'Believed to be L to R. Caroline, Horatia, Lady Elizabeth.' Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of three women; seated with book (Caroline Mount Edgcumbe), seated with guitar (Horatia Gaisford) and standing in the centre (Amelina Petit). Chemistry float-applie...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

3. Talbot Photo 2(484)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(484)
Title:
[Horatia Gaisford Playing the Harp.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'I. H.W.' [Intensified by Harold White]. Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length profile portrait of Talbot's half sister seated and playing the Erard harp; photograph taken outside, in front of a backdrop. Watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1842'. Intensified ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1 May 1842
Extent:
1 item

4. Talbot Photo 3(63)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 3(63)
Title:
[Amélina Petit playing a Guitar.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscribed in pencil on verso: '19 Oct/ 4[?]'. A calotype negative of a portrait of Amélina Petit, wearing a dark dress and a bonnet and playing a guitar. The number '6' is written in reverse in the top right corner. The date on the negative is indistinct and may read 1843. This negative is part...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
19 Oct 1842
Extent:
1 item

5. Talbot Photo 3(65)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 3(65)
Title:
[The 'Angel' Harp by the Grand Piano, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscribed in pencil on verso: '12 8/ 30'/ 16 Oct 1840'. A calotype negative possibly taken in the South Gallery of Lacock Abbey and showing a close-up of a harp with a music stand to the side and a grand piano behind; a pile of books visible through the strings of the harp. The photograph was t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
16 Oct 1840
Extent:
1 item

6. Talbot Photo 11(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 11(36)
Title:
[The 'Angel' harp, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Still Life Photography Close view of the harp, with a music stand to the left, a globe and a partial view of a bookshelf to the right and a grand piano with a pile of books behind. The photograph was taken with a 30 minute exposure time. The top right corner of the negative has been trim...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
16 Oct 1840
Extent:
1 item

7. Talbot Photo 13(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 13(19)
Title:
[Amelina's harp in the South Gallery, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Still Life Photography Study of the harp in the South Gallery at Lacock, positioned in front of a grand piano, with a bookshelf to the right. Chemistry float-applied on paper 184 x 227 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
16 Oct 1840
Extent:
1 item

8. Talbot Photo 24(112)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 24(112)
Title:
[Tsar Bell, The Kremlin, Moscow.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Copal semi-fused/ Steel [Handwritten in pencil by Talbot.] Genre: Architectural Photography View of the large bell, showing the section that has cracked away. Steel plate photoglyphic engraving from an original stereotype by unspecified photographer. Image size 65 x 65 mm, press i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
After 1858
Extent:
1 item

9. Talbot Photo 24(113)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 24(113)
Title:
[Tsar Bell, The Kremlin, Moscow.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the large bell, showing the section that has cracked away. Photoglyphic engraving from an original stereotype by unspecified photographer. Image size 65 x 65 mm, press imprint size 101 x 125 mm, paper size 218 x 292 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
After 1858
Extent:
1 item

10. Talbot Photo 24(114)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 24(114)
Title:
[Tsar Bell, The Kremlin, Moscow.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Cop [Handwritten in pencil by Talbot.] Genre: Architectural Photography View of the large bell, showing the section that has cracked away. Copper plate photoglyphic engraving from an original stereotype by unspecified photographer. Image size 65 x 65 mm, press imprint size 94 x 12...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
After 1858
Extent:
1 item