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Subject Country Houses Digitised Content Yes (unavailable) Material Type Photographs

1. Talbot Photo 1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(6)
Title:
Sharington's Tower, Lacock Abbey. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
Scope & Content:
View from the south, looking across the lawn towards Sharington's tower, with two ladders leaning against the east wall. This is the original trimmed negative used for plate 19 of ThePencil of Nature. Prints from this negative can be found at Talbot Photo 2(61) and Talbot Photo 6(19).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before Feb 1845
Extent:
1 item

2. Talbot Photo 1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(7)
Title:
Hall door, Abbotsford. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot.
Scope & Content:
Original trimmed negative for plate 5 of Sun Pictures in Scotland (1845).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1844
Extent:
1 item

3. Talbot Photo 1(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(51)
Title:
[West Front, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A close-up view of the ivy-covered hall exterior with its gothic-style windows and section of the dual stairway. Prints made from this trimmed negative can be found at Talbot Photo 2 (308 -309).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

4. Talbot Photo 1(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(52)
Title:
[North Front, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '3d May 1840'. Genre: Architectural Photography Photogenic camera negative of the north front of Lacock Abbey taken from the wood yard. Most of the detailing of the image is lost apart from the roofline. Trimmed negative with unevenly clipped corners....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
03 May 1840
Extent:
1 item

5. Talbot Photo 1(53)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(53)
Title:
[North End, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '31 May 1840'. Genre: Architectural Photography Photogenic camera negative of the north front of Lacock Abbey taken from the wood yard. Most of the detailing of the image is lost apart from the roofline. Trimmed negative with unevenly clipped corners....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
31 May 1840
Extent:
1 item

6. Talbot Photo 1(65)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(65)
Title:
[Country House, York.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'York'. Genre: Architectural Photography An unidentified country house taken from an oblique angle and behind a stone wall. Unevenly trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

7. Talbot Photo 1(95)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(95)
Title:
[Unidentified Country House.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of a path leading to a country house; the pale building has castellated features and several sections containing bay windows on each of the three floors. The photograph has been attributed to Talbot. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

8. Talbot Photo 1(218)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(218)
Title:
Nettlecombe House, General View. Photographer: Calvert Richard Jones.
Scope & Content:
Inscribed in pencil, B, and in ink on unsensitised side: 238. Nettlecombe House. General View. View looking across the lawn towards the main façade of Nettlecombe Court, near Williton, with figures posed in the foreground; the tower of the Church of St Mary the Virgin is to the right of the hou...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 1847
Extent:
1 item

9. Talbot Photo 1(221)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(221)
Title:
[By the Entrance to Singleton Abbey, Swansea.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A slightly off-centre view of a man sitting by the lion sculptures at the entrance to Singleton Abbey, partial view of the building behind. Trimmed negative, a print from which can be found at Talbot Photo 2 (749).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

10. Talbot Photo 1(222)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(222)
Title:
[Two men and a lady in front of Singleton Abbey, Swansea.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
View of part of the façade of the building; a man wearing a cap is seated in the left foreground, a woman is seated in the mid-distance beside a columned lamp on a plinth and in the background a man leans next to the ivy-covered entrance. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item