Archive Reference (shelfmark): Talbot Photo / Material Type: Photographs - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 16(5)
Title:: Abbotsford, the seat of Sir Walter Scott. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Letterpress caption label at bottom right corner of card and also inscribed in ink: 'H.F.T. Octr. 1844'. Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the house, with walled garden in the foreground. Also published as plate 3 of Talbot's 'Sun Pictures in Scotland.' Paper trimme...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 24 Oct 1844
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 16(6)
Title:: The Tomb of Sir Walter Scott, in Dryburgh Abbey. Taken late, in an autumnal evening. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Letterpress caption label at bottom right of mount, also inscribed in ink: 'H.F.T. Octr. 1844'. Genre: Architectural Photography An exterior view of part of the abbey containing Scott's tomb, somewhat faded. Also published as plate 13 of Talbot's 'Sun Pictures in Scotland.' Paper ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 25 Oct 1844
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 16(7)
Title:: Monument to the Memory of Sir Walter Scott, in Edinburgh. As it appeared when approaching completion in October 1844. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Letterpress caption label at bottom right of mount. Genre: Architectural Photography View of the monument with scaffolding at the rear. Also published as plate 2 of Talbot's 'Sun Pictures in Scotland.' Paper trimmed to size of image and laid down on card 295 x 234 mm. Two loose co...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Oct 1844
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 16(8)
Title:: Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Inscribed in ink at bottom right of mount: 'Octr. 1844. Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh.' Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the façade, with steps leading to the terrace in the foreground. Also published as plate 1 of Talbot's 'Sun Pictures in Scotland.' Varnished a...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Oct 1844
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 16(9)
Title:: The Ancient Vestry, Lacock Abbey, 13th Century. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Inscribed in ink as above at bottom right of mount. Genre: Portrait Photography A view of the ivy-covered cloisters of Lacock Abbey, with Talbot's friend (and fellow photographer) Calvert Jones seated in one of the arches. A considerably faded print. Paper trimmed to size of image...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 9 Sep 1845
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 16(10)
Title:: [Bust of Patroclus.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Head-on view of the sculpture with the bottom slightly cropped; a larger variant included in some issues of 'The Pencil of Nature,' after the original negative was damaged. Paper trimmed to size of image and laid down on card 310 x 247 mm. An additional four loo...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 8 Sep 1841
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 16(11)
Title:: [Articles of Glass.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Still Life Photography View of three shelves displaying glass goblets and decanters. Paper trimmed to size of image and laid down on card 253 x 314 mm. Three loose copies of this image are at Talbot Photo 2 (13-15). Also published as plate 4 of 'The Pencil of Nature', where the accompan...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Before Jun 1844
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 16(12)
Title:: University College, Oxford. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Inscribed in ink at bottom right of mount: 'Univy Coll. Oxfd.' Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the gothic archway leading into the inner courtyard of University College. Paper trimmed to size of image and laid down on card 234 x 202 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1841-1846
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 16(13)
Title:: [Old Court, Chapel, Peterhouse, Cambridge.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Inscribed in pencil at bottom left of mount: 'Emmanuel College, Cambridge?' Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the court towards the west face of the chapel, with two figures posed in front of the building. The clock set into the face of the chapel reads 2.55. A ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1841-1846
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 16(14)
Title:: High Street, Oxford. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Inscribed at bottom right of mount: 'High St, Oxfd.' Genre: Urban Topographical Photography A view along Oxford High Street towards Queen's College, with the Radcliffe Camera in the distance. Paper trimmed to size of image and laid down on card 296 x 235 mm. An additional three co...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c Jul 1842
Extent:: 1 item

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