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040-003305193 Material Type Photographs

1. Talbot Photo 17

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Talbot Photo 17
Title:
Talbot Collection: Album presented to Talbot's daughter, Matilda. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Small leather bound burgundy album with embossed scroll pattern on cover. It is inscribed on the inside end paper with 'Matilda/ the gift of her affectionate Papa/ 25th Febry 1851'. The album contains 20 small calotypes, several of which have captions in the bottom left corner. One page has been...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
25 Feb 1851
Extent:
20 items

2. Talbot Photo 17(15)

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Talbot Photo 17(15)
Title:
Stamped Leather. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed: 'Stamped Leather/ diminished'. A small calotype showing a piece of pale leather that has been embossed with an intricate pattern.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

3. Talbot Photo 17(9)

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Talbot Photo 17(9)
Title:
Regent Street. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed: 'Regent Street'. Genre: Architectural Photography A small calotype taken from a first floor window looking across Regent Street at a slight angle and showing a row of buildings with their shop fronts. Photograph trimmed to leave border around image.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

4. Talbot Photo 17(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 17(13)
Title:
[Diminished Copy of a Caricature.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of A camera diminished copy of a political satire possibly dating from 1830 and making reference to the Swing Riots, the Duke of Wellington and Earl Grey. Paper trimmed to leave slight border.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

5. Talbot Photo 17(14)

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Talbot Photo 17(14)
Title:
[Diminished from an Engraving.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed: 'Diminished from an Engraving'. Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of A camera diminished copy of a Victorian print of a man in a tunic resting by the side of a cloister with a dog at his side and a woman standing facing him. The negative to this print can be found at Talbot...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

6. Talbot Photo 17(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 17(16)
Title:
[Rocking Horse known as 'Firefoot'.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
A small calotype showing the Talbot family rocking horse, 'Firefoot'. There are three negatives of the rocking horse [housed at The National Museum of Photography], two were taken outside in the grounds of Lacock Abbey, this image, however, seems to have been taken inside and has a dark curtain ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 1840s
Extent:
1 item

7. Talbot Photo 17(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 17(20)
Title:
[Tree with picnic table.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography A small calotype of a wooded area, in the centre there is a large tree with a picnic table nearby.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

8. Talbot Photo 17(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 17(19)
Title:
[Window at Lacock.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A small calotype of a three panelled window surrounded by foliage that covers the brickwork and only reveals a small section of the slated roof. Another copy of this image can be found at Talbot Photo 2 (232).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1840s
Extent:
1 item

9. Talbot Photo 17(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 17(7)
Title:
Boulevards, Paris. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in top left corner of photograph '12' and in ink: 'Boulevards, Paris'. Genre: Architectural Photography A small calotype taken from a first floor window showing the top of an advertising kiosk with a row of shops on the opposite side of the street and a line of horse-dra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843
Extent:
1 item

10. Talbot Photo 17(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 17(2)
Title:
Diminished [Copy of a Lithographic Print.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on recto: 'Diminished'. Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of A camera diminished copy of Louis Leopold Boilly's 'Réunion de trente-cinq têtes diverses'. The original reproduction of this lithograph was used as plate 11 in 'The Pencil of Nature' and loose copies can be found ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1844
Extent:
1 item