[Daguerreotype portrait of Matilda Talbot.] Photographer: Claudet, Antoine François Jean
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Genre: Portrait Photography Studio portrait of Talbot's youngest daughter, seated at an angle in a leather armchair, but facing the camera and holding a posy. Sixth plate daguerreotype in passe partout with an oval opening, and with a hand-drawn border in black ink; overall dimensions: 117 x 10...
[Daguerreotype portrait of Ela Talbot.] Photographer: Claudet, Antoine François Jean
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Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length studio portrait of Talbot's eldest daughter Ela Theresa (1835-1893), seated and facing slightly to the right. Sixth plate daguerreotype in passe partout with an oval opening, with a hand-drawn border in black ink; overall dimensions: 117 x 101 mm.
[Daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot.] Photographer: Beard, Richard
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Inscription: Patent label on verso: ''PATENT/ PHOTOGRAPHIC LIKENESSES/ taken by/ WOLCOTTS/ Reflecting Apparatus/ at the/ ROYAL POLYTECHNIC/ INSTITUTION/ Regent Street.' Genre: Portrait Photography Head and shoulders daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot, facing directly into the c...
[Daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot.] Photographer: Beard, Richard
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Inscription: Patent label on verso: ''PATENT/ PHOTOGRAPHIC LIKENESSES/ taken by/ WOLCOTTS/ Reflecting Apparatus/ at the/ ROYAL POLYTECHNIC/ INSTITUTION/ Regent Street.' Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot, facing towards the left. N...
[Daguerreotype view of Paris.] Photographer: Chevalier, Victor
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Inscription: Label on verso: No. 495/ Epreuve du Daguerréotype/ par Victor Chevalier/ Ingénieur Opticien/ Quai de l'Horloge no. 77ter/ Faite le 15 mai 1843/ à 11 heures/ en 28 secondes Daguerreotype view taken from an elevated vantage point on the île de la Cité, looking down onto the Pont Neuf...
[Daguerreotype of All Souls' Church, Langham Place, London.] Photographer: Sainte Croix
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Genre: Architectural Photography View taken from an elevated vantage point, looking across Regent Street, with All Souls Church towards the right. Whole plate daguerreotype contained in a passe partout frame, with an elliptical opening, overall dimensions: 292 x 243 mm. In a letter from Henry T...
Genre: Architectural Photography An ambrotype that partially covers a piece of glass; a view taken from the lawn, it shows the side of a country estate with a section of a conservatory. The image is backed with black varnish and produces a positive image on the verso. The item had an accompanyi...
[East Front of Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Foote, James
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Genre: Architectural Photography A collodion positive of the east front of Lacock Abbey taken at an oblique angle showing part of the lawn in the foreground. Image attributed to James Foote.
[Group portrait of the Talbot Family, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Blomfield, John Henry
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Genre: Portrait Photography Collodion negative attributed to John Jenry Blomfield depicting the Talbot family (minus Matilda), in the cloisters of Lacock Abbey. From left to right: Charles Talbot (leaning against a pillar), Ela Talbot (seated), William Henry Fox Talbot (with his arm against th...
[Group portrait of the Talbot Family, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Blomfield, John Henry
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Genre: Portrait Photography Collodion negative attributed to J.H. Blomfield depicting the Talbot family (minus Matilda) by the cloisters at Lacock Abbey. Lady Constance is seated, standing behind her from right to left: William Henry Fox Talbot, Ela Talbot, Charles and Rosamond Talbot.
