[Nicolaas Henneman Reading.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed on print: 'July 1842'. Label on verso: 'Patent/ Talbotype Or/ Sun Pictures'. Genre: Portrait Photography Three quarter length and sideways portrait of Nicolaas Henneman seated by the cloisters at Lacock, reading. Varnished and trimmed print laid down on card.
[Henneman and Porter.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Label on verso: 'Patent/ Talbotype Photogenic Drawings' . Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a seated Charles Porter with Nicolaas Henneman standing to the right with his hand resting on the back of the chair. Trimmed print laid down on card, image somewhat faded.
A Scene in a Library. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A hand-coloured print of plate 8 of The Pencil of Nature showing two rows of books, a few coloured using red, green and blue paint. The photograph was chemically float-applied on paper 190 x 230 mm. This print is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal light levels.
[The 'Angel' Harp by the Grand Piano, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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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...
A Scene in a Library. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography Plate 8 of Matilda Gilchrist-Clark's bound copy of 'The Pencil of Nature'. A head-on view of two shelves of books. Paper trimmed to size of image. The text that accompanies the plate reads, 'Among the many novel ideas which the discovery of Photography has sugges...
[Amelina's harp in the South Gallery, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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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.
A scene in a library. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed on reverse: 'I.HW' [Intensified by Harold White]. Genre: Still Life Photography View of two shelves of books, published in 'The Pencil of Nature' (plate 8). A chemically intensified print, paper cropped to image size.
A scene in a library. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography View of two shelves of books, published in 'The Pencil of Nature' (plate 8). Mounted on card within inked rules and numbered '8' on mount. A very faded print.