The Talbot Collection: The Pencil of Nature, Part 3. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
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The third installment of 'The Pencil of Nature', containing plates 13 - 15; 'Queen's College, Oxford, Entrance Gateway', 'The Ladder' and 'Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire'. The images are severely faded.
Queen's College, Oxford. Entrance Gateway. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography Plate 13 of a partially bound copy of the third installment of 'The Pencil of Nature', published between the 14 and 29 May 1845. A tightly composed view of the entrance to Queen’s College, Oxford, taken from an upper window on the opposite side of the High Stree...
The Ladder. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography Plate 14 of a partially bound copy of the third installment of 'The Pencil of Nature', published between the 14 and 29 May 1845. Three men grouped around a ladder in the stableyard of Lacock Abbey, the top resting against the first-floor doorway. Two men stand at i...
Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography Plate 15 of a partially bound copy of the third installment of 'The Pencil of Nature', published between the 14 and 29 May 1845. A view of the south façade of the building, from across the Avon River, with the Sharington tower reflected in the water. Paper trimm...
The Talbot Collection: The Pencil of Nature, Part 3. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
The third installment of 'The Pencil of Nature', containing plates 13 - 15; 'Queen's College, Oxford, Entrance Gateway', 'The Ladder' and 'Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire'. The images are severely faded.
Queen's College, Oxford. Entrance Gateway. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Plate 13 of a partially bound copy of the third installment of 'The Pencil of Nature', published between the 14 and 29 May 1845. A tightly composed view of the entrance to Queen’s College, Oxford, taken from an upper window on the opposite side of the High Stree...
The Ladder. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography Plate 14 of a partially bound copy of the third installment of 'The Pencil of Nature', published between the 14 and 29 May 1845. Three men grouped around a ladder in the stableyard of Lacock Abbey, the top resting against the first-floor doorway. Two men stand at i...
Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography Plate 15 of a partially bound copy of the third installment of 'The Pencil of Nature', published between the 14 and 29 May 1845. A view of the south façade of the building, from across the Avon River, with the Sharington tower reflected in the water. Paper trimm...
The Talbot Collection: The Pencil of Nature, Part 4. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
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The fourth installment of 'The Pencil of Nature', containing plates 16 - 18; 'Queen's Cloisters of Lacock Abbey', 'Bust of Patroclus' and 'Gate of Christchurch'. The images are severely faded.
Cloisters of Lacock Abbey. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography Plate 16 of a partially bound copy of the fourth installment of 'The Pencil of Nature', published on the 21 June 1845. Taken from inside the cloister yard, it shows a view of the northern section of the ivy-covered cloister wall with a row of Perpendicular trace...