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Project / Collection Talbot Collection Subject Ruins Material Type Photographs

1. Talbot Photo 1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(8)
Title:
Melrose Abbey. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
Scope & Content:
View of the abbey ruins from the graveyard; probably the original trimmed negative for plate 7 of Sun Pictures in Scotland (1845).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1844
Extent:
1 item

2. Talbot Photo 1(84)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(84)
Title:
[Ruins, Doitwich.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '4'. Genre: Archaeological Photography A tightly composed view of an architectural ruin; it shows the remains of the interior section of the building amongst trees and shrubbery. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

3. Talbot Photo 1(181)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(181)
Title:
[Mediterranean Street Scene with Ruins.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Taken from a high vantage point, looking down on a boy that leans against a bollard, behind him there is a street with the remnants of the interior of a building that has been demolished. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item

4. Talbot Photo 1(192)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(192)
Title:
[Pompeii with Mount Vesuvius behind.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '141'. Genre: Landscape Photography View taken from a slightly elevated position, looking across the ruins of Pompeii; there are some columns in the foreground and Mount Vesuvius dominates the skyline. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Spring 1846
Extent:
1 item

5. Talbot Photo 1(196)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(196)
Title:
From the southern part of the Forum, Pompeii. Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in ink on verso: '54.From the southern part of the Forum. Pompeii'. Genre: Landscape Photography View taken at ground level showing the Roman ruins in the mid-distance with possibly Mount Vesuvius behind. Bottom left corner missing. Image size 162 x 214 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Spring 1846
Extent:
1 item

6. Talbot Photo 1(257)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(257)
Title:
[Unidentified Ruins with Octagonal Tower behind.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Section of the remnants of a stone wall containing several arches; an octagonal tower is visible behind the ruin. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

7. Talbot Photo 1(276)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(276)
Title:
[Neath Abbey.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso in ink: '200' and in pencil '1 good copy - not to be waxed'. Genre: Architectural Photography Part of the abbey ruins showing a doorway with lintel and window with frame still in tact. Image size 170 x 223 mm, paper tabs along right edge, glass holder cracked in...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 1847
Extent:
1 item

8. Talbot Photo 1(277)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(277)
Title:
[Neath Abbey.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso in ink: '202' and in pencil '1 good copy - not to be waxed'. Genre: Architectural Photography Part of the abbey ruins with several window lintels showing. Image size 162 x 219 mm, paper tabs on right edge of paper.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 1847
Extent:
1 item

9. Talbot Photo 1(323)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(323)
Title:
Amphitheatre, Taormina. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: [Title and signature inscribed on verso.] Genre: Archaeological Photography Taken from the pit of the amphitheatre, it shows the remnant boulders amongst undergrowth in the foreground with a stone wall in the distance. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item

10. Talbot Photo 1(324)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(324)
Title:
Amphitheatre, Taormina. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '49. Amphitheatre, Taormina' [with Bridges' signature]. Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking down to part of the ruins of the amphitheatre with the Sicilian landscape stretching out into the distance. Image size 171 x 217 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 20 May 1848
Extent:
1 item