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411. Talbot Photo 3(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 3(40)
Title:
North End of East Terrace, Lacock Abbey. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscribed in pencil on verso: '21 Feb 1841/ N end of E. Terrace. Lacock Abbey'. A calotype negative taken from ground level and at a slight angle showing a stone wall in the foreground with a section of the building behind which has a gabled roof and twisted chimney. This negative is particular...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
21 Feb 1841
Extent:
1 item

412. Talbot Photo 3(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 3(43)
Title:
[Dormer Window, Stable Yard, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscribed in pencil on verso: '6 9 1842'. A calotype negative of a tightly composed view looking up at the roof of the stable yard block with a dormer window at centre. The negative was in wrapping paper marked '9 Sept. / 1842, which also included information about the development process 'c.a ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
6 Sep 1842
Extent:
1 item

413. Talbot Photo 3(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 3(50)
Title:
[Bowood House.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1841
Extent:
1 item

414. Talbot Photo 3(53)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 3(53)
Title:
[Lattice Window, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 item

415. Talbot Photo 3(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 3(58)
Title:
[Diogenes, without sun, 17' (small).] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Calotype negative of a close-up view of the terracotta sculpture by Victor Alexander Sederbach, located in one of the niches of the Great Hall, Lacock Abbey. The photograph was taken with a 17 minute exposure time. This negative is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under norm...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
06 Oct 1840
Extent:
1 item

416. Talbot Photo 3(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 3(59)
Title:
[View from the Cloister Courtyard, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
A stabilized negative looking across the cloister courtyard towards the north-east corner at first floor level. This negative is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal light levels.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 item

417. Talbot Photo 3(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 3(60)
Title:
Cloisters [Lacock Abbey]. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscribed in pencil on verso: '19 April /40 / Cloisters/ (loop)W17'. A photogenic camera negative of the view across the cloister courtyard, possibly towards the north-east corner, a small section of a perpendicular traceried arch is visible but the rest of the architectural detailing has been ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
19 Apr 1840
Extent:
1 item

418. Talbot Photo 3(61)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 3(61)
Title:
[The Soliloquy of the Broom.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscribed in pencil on verso: '21 Jany/ 1841 16 [struck through] 30/ variation of the open door'. Calotype negative of the earliest version of this composition of a broom resting against an opened door. A later version, taken in 1844, would be used as a plate in The Pencil of Nature. This negat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
21 Jan 1841
Extent:
1 item

419. Talbot Photo 3(62)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 3(62)
Title:
[Section of the West Front, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
A calotype negative showing a view taken from ground level looking upwards to a portion of the west façade of Lacock Abbey, it includes part of the southernmost window and the small cupola. This negative is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal light levels.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1840s
Extent:
1 item

420. Talbot Photo 3(66)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 3(66)
Title:
[View along the South Front, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
A negative print of half of the south façade taken at a slightly oblique angle with Sharington's Tower at the far side. This negative is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal light levels.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840-1841
Extent:
1 item