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[Figurine of a Crusader.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in ink at bottom right of mount: 'H.F.T.' Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view of a figurine of a crusader, wearing a medieval tunic and helmet, bearing a shield in one hand and sword in the other. Print trimmed to image size and laid down on card 311 x 247 mm.
A Large Italian Engraving Diminished with the Camera. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in ink as above at bottom right of page and credited: 'H.F.T.' Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of A reduced copy of Luigi Rossini's 1829 engraving of a Roman arch in Cora (titled 'Veduta dell' antico Ponte situato fuori di Porta Romana nella Città di Cora nei tempi di Clau...
Copy of Old Engraving. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in ink at bottom right of page: 'copy of old Engraving. H.F.T.' Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of A copy of the 1672 engraving of the Swiss scientist, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, who is depicted seated in front of a landscape inspecting a botanical specimen. An arrangement o...
Copy of Old Botanical Engraving. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in ink at bottom right of page: 'Copy of Old Botanical Engraving. H.F.T.'. Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of A copy of an engraving of a specimen of a hackberry branch, titled, 'Celtis folus fubrotundis, dentatis, flore viridi, fructu luteo'. Chemistry float-applied on pa...
Copy of Old Printed Book. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in ink at bottom right of page: 'Copy of old printed book. H.F.T.' A reproduction of a printed page, titled 'Ricardi Secundi'. Chemistry float-applied on paper 229 x 186 mm. Three loose copies of this image, 'Fac-Simile of an Old Printed Page', can be found at Talbot Phot...
Printed Page, diminished with the Camera. When printed on both sides, this is the only method. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed as above in ink at bottom right of page, and credited: 'H.F.T.' A reproduction of a page from Talbot's 'Some Account of the Art of Photogenic Drawing.' Talbot's note refers to the fact that a page with text or illustrations on one side only, could be copied as a photogeni...
[Frame with Eagle Design.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of A frame with foliage design, a fleur-de-lis at the centre top, wheatsheaves in the top corners and an eagle with spread wings along the bottom. Print trimmed to image size and pasted directly into album. The negative can be seen at Talbot Photo 16 (49). For a d...
[Frame with Eagle Design.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of A negative image of a frame with foliage design, a fleur-de-lis at the centre top, wheatsheaves in the top corners and an eagle with spread wings along the bottom. Paper trimmed to size of image and adhered directly into album. The print from this negative can b...
[Study of Lace.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A cameraless contact negative of a large sample of lace, with a swirling floral and leaf design. Negative trimmed to image size. Positive prints from this image can be found at Talbot Photo 2 (289-292). For a discussion of this image, see text by Larry J. Schaaf in, ‘Sun Pictures. Catalogue Sev...
[Study of Lace Edging.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A cameraless contact negative of a plain piece of lace netting, with an abstract floral border design. Negative trimmed to image size. A psitive print of this image can be found at Talbot Photo 2 (293). For a discussion of this image, see text by Larry J. Schaaf in, ‘Sun Pictures. Catalogue Sev...
