[Buckler Fern.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A photogenic drawing contact negative of the frond of a Buckler fern. This negative is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal light levels.
Inscribed in pencil on verso: '7 April 1840'. A very faint photogenic camera negative of a stationary carriage in the stable yard at Lacock, almost all details have been lost apart from a section of a dormer window at the extreme right of the negative. This negative is particularly light sensit...
[Bowood House.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A calotype negative of a view taken at an elevated vantage point looking down on the neoclassical Adam entrance of Bowood House; the camera was probably positioned on the roof of the 'Big House'. Prints taken from this negative can be found at Talbot Photo 10 (43 and 44). This negative is partic...
[Constance Talbot.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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One of the earliest portraits using the calotype process and depicts the head and shoulders of Talbot's wife facing three quarters to the left, she wears a lace pelerine and a dark beaded necklace. The photograph was taken at 5 in the afternoon and without sun. This print is particularly light s...
[Constance Talbot (?)] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A calotype negative of a half-length portrait of a woman dressed in place with white collar and a lace bonnet, facing three quarters to the left in the negative. This sitter has been identified at Constance Talbot. This negative is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under norm...
[Lattice Window, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Head-on view of three panes of lattice work window taken from the interior of Lacock Abbey with the outside foliage bordering the sides of the window. This print is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal light levels.
[Constance Talbot.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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One of the earliest portraits using the calotype process and depicts the head and shoulders of Talbot's wife facing three quarters to the left, she wears a lace pelerine and a dark beaded necklace. The photograph was taken at 5 in the afternoon and without sun. This print is particularly light s...
[Botanical Specimen of Four Leaves.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A photogenic drawing negative of four leaves placed onto the paper with single leaves at the top and bottom and two smaller leaves in the centre. It is believed that this negative was stabilised rather than fully fixed but may also have been intensified by Harold White, it is particularly light ...
[St Helen's Square, York.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed on verso in ink by Ostroff: 'LA996/ York' and in pencil '180'. A heavily hand-coloured print of a view of the narrow streets of York with St Helen's Church to the right and shop to the left. Chemistry float-applied on paper 185 x 228 mm with watermark 'J Whatman/ Turkey Mill/ 1840'. T...
[The Stables, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A view taken from Lady Elisabeth's window looking directly across the stable yard to the gabled roofed buildings on the north side, which adjoin the brew-house. The exposure time for this photograph was five minutes. Chemistry float-applied on paper 190 x 229 mm, which has been watermarked 'J Wh...
