Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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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...
The Ancient Vestry, Lacock Abbey, 13th Century. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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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...
[Bust of Patroclus.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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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...
[Articles of Glass.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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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...
University College, Oxford. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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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.
[Old Court, Chapel, Peterhouse, Cambridge.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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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 ...
High Street, Oxford. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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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...
Valetta, Malta. Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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Inscription: Inscribed in ink at bottom right of mount: 'Valetta, Malta. Revd C. Jones 1846.' Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View along the narrow street of wooden-balconied terraced houses with the façade of the Collegiate Parish Church of St Paul's Shipwreck on the right. Paper trimm...
[Fishing boat], Malta. Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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Inscription: Inscribed in ink on print: 'Malta' and at bottom right of page: 'Malta. Revd C. Jones'. View of a local fishingat with ornately painted prow, resting on stone blocks at the base of a wall. Paper trimmed to size of image and pasted directly into album.
[Square at Floriana,] Malta. Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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Inscription: Inscribed in ink at bottom right of page: 'Malta. C.R.J.' Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View across a square, looking towards balconied houses, with a lion fountain in the foreground. Paper trimmed to size of image laid down on card 235 x 297 mm.
