[Cameraless contact negative of a botanical specimen.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography A cameraless photogenic drawing of a stem of five-bladed leaves and thin off-shoots, possibly the same plant as print 47.
[Table laid with silverware.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed by Eugene Ostroff on album page beside the photograph: '3 Sept 1841'. Genre: Still Life Photography View looking down onto a round table, covered with a white table cloth and laid out with silverware. Some of the items include; candlesticks, jugs, tea and coffee pots. Ch...
[A game of chess.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Portrait Photography Study of two figures seated at a small table, studying the chess board. Nicolaas Henneman is seated on the right, the older man seated on the left is unidentified. Behind the figures is a white backdrop.Prints 19, 36, 46 and 52 appear to have been taken on the same o...
Talbot Collection: Album of prints taken in 1840. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Green quarter leather and buckram album, measuring 247 x 295 x 20 mm. The album was originally catalogued as Talbot Album No.6, with this number written by Talbot in the top left corner of the inside cover. It consists of 39 prints made in 1840 and shows early examples of photographs made from c...
[Table laid for tea.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography An extremely faint print showing a table with several place settings, with (?)soup bowls laid out. Pencilled line (for cropping?) along bottom edge of print. Print trimmed to size of image.
[Sharington's Tower taken from the urn, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography An extremely faint print, almost invisible, showing an oblique view of the façade of the building. Print trimmed to size of image.
[North end, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography An oblique view of a section of the servants' quarters, showing a dormer window with a chimney on either side. Chemistry float-applied on paper 180 x 226 mm. The negative to this print (or at least an extremely close variant) can be found at Talbot Photo 1 (53) ...
[Maltese vase and statuette of boy reading.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Date inscribed in the negative: '29 April 1840'. Genre: Still Life Photography Study of two pieces of china against a dark background; to the right a sculpture of a seated cherub reading and to the left a wine vase decorated with grape motif and snake handle. Chemistry float-appli...