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41. Talbot Photo 12(41)

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Talbot Photo 12(41)
Title:
[Gable and finial, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the end section of the roof, with a finial sculpture of an animal. Chemistry float-applied on paper 170 x 226 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
21 Jun 1840
Extent:
1 item

42. Talbot Photo 12(42)

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Talbot Photo 12(42)
Title:
[Statuette of 'Eve at the Fountain'.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed (in reverse) on negative, 'April 24 1840.' Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view of the sculpture of the semi-reclining nude. Chemistry float-applied on paper 172 x 215 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
24 Apr 1840
Extent:
1 item

43. Talbot Photo 12(43)

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Talbot Photo 12(43)
Title:
[Statuette of 'Eve at the Fountain'.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'April 29 1840.' Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view of the sculpture of the semi-reclining nude, lit from the right. Chemistry float-applied on paper 172 x 214 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
29 Apr 1840
Extent:
1 item

44. Talbot Photo 12(44)

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Talbot Photo 12(44)
Title:
[Roof, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in ink by Talbot by bottom right of image: 'Sept 1840' and in bottom left of paper: '5' Cloudy'. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking up towards a section of the roof, showing a dormer window and two chimneys. This is the earliest dated calotype, Talbot wrote ab...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
22 Sep 1840
Extent:
1 item

45. Talbot Photo 12(45)

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Talbot Photo 12(45)
Title:
[Fly's Wings.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Scientific Photography An almost completely indiscernible positive print of a wing placed horizontally onto the paper. Salted paper print from a revived negative. Chemistry float-applied on paper 114 x 181 mm. Paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1840'.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
14 Jan 1840
Extent:
1 item

46. Talbot Photo 12(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 12(46)
Title:
[Undetectable Image.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
No indiscernible image, completely faded, though comparing it with the previous print in the album, this may also be of a study of an insect wing. Watermarked paper. Chemistry float-applied on paper 114 x 185 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
03 May 1840
Extent:
1 item

47. Talbot Photo 12(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 12(47)
Title:
[The South Gallery, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A view along the interior of the gallery towards the Blue Parlour, with the large fireplace in the left foreground and light streaming in from the windows along the right. Chemistry float-applied on paper 187 x 228 mm. For a discussion of this image, see Larry...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 item

48. Talbot Photo 12(48)

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Talbot Photo 12(48)
Title:
['Trunk of Larch' supporting a basket, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Still Life Photography A tightly composed view of the base of a tree trunk with a basket propped against it to the left. Chemistry float-applied on paper 188 x 227 mm. For a discussion of this image, see Larry J. Schaaf, 'The Photographic Art of William Henry Fox Talbot' (Princeton Univ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
03 May 1840
Extent:
1 item

49. Talbot Photo 12(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 12(49)
Title:
[Lace enlarged by using a solar microscope.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Scientific Photography A faded print with partial image. Irregularly cropped, with the paper partially trimmed to produce a curved upper section.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 item

50. Talbot Photo 12(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 12(50)
Title:
[Framed oil painting placed in an armchair, Version 1, Lacock.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of a framed portrait of a bearded man, resting on an upholstered armchair. A chemical stain has faded some of the detailing of the canvas. Chemistry float-applied on paper 114 x 180 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 item