Letter written by Sir John Herschel to Talbot on the 3rd March 1840, with seal intact. Transcript below. Slough March 3. 1840 My dear Sir Many thanks for your beautiful specimens. I took the liberty (not I hope one you will disapprove) to give them to an Italian friend on his way to Florence...
[Bust of Patroclus.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed in pencil on verso: '6.9.1842'. A calotype negative of the bust of Patroclus, complete with plinth. The camera has been placed at a slightly elevated angle and looks down on the sculpture, which is slightly turned and so is not directly head on, with the head facing right in the negat...
[Dormer Window, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed in pencil on verso: '6.9.1842'. A calotype negative of a close-up and slightly off-centre view of a dormer window at Lacock with the reflection of a window underneath the ledge of the roof. The negative was originally in wrapping paper marked '9 Sept./ 1842', inside of which has anoth...
[Gabled Roof, Stable Yard, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A calotype negative of a close-up and head-on view of a gabled roof possibly in the south-easterly corner of the sable yard; there is a lot of chemical staining around the edges of the paper. The negative was originally in wrapping paper marked '9 Sept./ 1842', inside of which has another paper ...
[Gabled Roof, Stable Yard, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A calotype negative of a close-up and head-on view of a gabled roof possibly in the south-easterly corner of the sable yard; there is a lot of chemical staining around the edges of the paper. The negative was originally in wrapping paper marked '9 Sept./ 1842', inside of which has another paper ...
[Close-up of a Gabled Roof, Stable Yard, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A calotype negative of a close-up of a section of a gabled roof showing the white-washed wall and central timber beam; there are several sections cut out of the bottom right corner of the paper. The negative was originally in wrapping paper marked '9 Sept./ 1842', inside of which has another pap...
[Chimney, Stable Yard, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A calotype negative chemically brushed to produce a narrow vertical line which shows a small rectangular chimney stack with a section of the slatted roof underneath, it possibly part of the rear of the clock tower. The negative was originally in wrapping paper marked '9 Sept./ 1842', inside of w...
[Close-up of a Dormer Window, Stable Yard, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A calotype negative made using a rectangular piece of paper and showing a section of a dormer window with a chimney behind, making it likely that it is from the south east corner of the stable yard. The negative was originally wrapped in paper inscribed, 'Sept 11/ 42 / iogallic 5" c.a'. This neg...
[Close-up of a Gabled Roof, Stable Yard, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A calotype negative showing a close-up and very slightly angled view of a gabled roof. The negative was originally wrapped in paper inscribed, 'Sept 11/ 42 / iogallic 5" c.a'. This negative is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal light levels.
[Gabled Roof, Stable Yard, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed on recto, lower right corner, in pencil: '18' and in ink in lower left corner; '2'. A calotype negative showing part of the gabled roof; probably in the south-east corner of the stable yard block. The view includes a chimney stack, windows below the eaves of the roof and the distincti...
