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1. Talbot Photo 5(3)

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Talbot Photo 5(3)
Title:
[Curved Fern Leaf.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '90024'. Genre: Scientific Photography Top piece of a fern leaf, bent two thirds of the way along the shaft. Photoglyphic engraving from Talbot original. Written in pencil along right edge by Eugene Ostroff (Curator of photography at The National Muse...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

2. Talbot Photo 6(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 6(7)
Title:
Leaf of a Plant. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Still Life Photography Plate 7 of Matilda Gilchrist-Clark's bound copy of 'The Pencil of Nature'. A direct cameraless image of the trifoliate stem of a fern-like plant against a white field. Paper trimmed to size of image. Original negative at Talbot Photo 1 (3). The text that accompani...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 14 Feb 1844
Extent:
1 item

3. Talbot Photo 10(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 10(8)
Title:
[Three Botanical Specimens.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed by Eugene Ostroff on album page beside the photograph: 'H. F. Talbot 1839 [WHFT] EO.' Genre: Still Life Photography A photogenic drawing of three botanical specimens; on the left side a grass-like plant that has been placed vertically on the page, at the top right a mult...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839
Extent:
1 item

4. Talbot Photo 10(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 10(12)
Title:
[Needles of Spruce Fir.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Still Life Photography A cameraless photogenic drawing contact negative showing a random spread of spruce needles. Paper trimmed to size of image. For a discussion of this image, see Larry J. Schaaf, 'The Photographic Art of William Henry Fox Talbot' (Princeton University Press, Prince...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1839
Extent:
1 item

5. Talbot Photo 10(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 10(14)
Title:
[Shoot and leaves of a plant.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Still Life Photography A cameraless photogenic drawing contact negative of a shoot, with leaves at three points along it, curling upwards and finishing in a terminal bud.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1840
Extent:
1 item

6. Talbot Photo 10(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 10(16)
Title:
[Botanical specimen of three branches.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Still Life Photography A positive print of three branches of leaves. Considerable fading and staining. Chemistry float-applied on paper 79 x 133 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 item

7. Talbot Photo 10(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 10(40)
Title:
[Cameraless contact negative of a three-leaved botanical specimen.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Still Life Photography A cameraless photogenic drawing of three large leaves, attached to a single stem. Paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1839'.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1840
Extent:
1 item

8. Talbot Photo 10(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 10(41)
Title:
[Cameraless contact negative of a botanical specimen.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Still Life Photography A cameraless photogenic drawing of a long stemmed plant with several tendril-like off-shoots and two clusters of leaves.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1840
Extent:
1 item

9. Talbot Photo 10(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 10(42)
Title:
[Cameraless contact negative of three botanical specimens.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Still Life Photography A cameraless photogenic drawing of three plants, the left-hand one facing downwards and possibly a cutting from a cedar or cypress, the right specimen a heliophilia. For a discussion of this image, see text by Larry J. Schaaf in, ‘Sun Pictures. Catalogue Seven' (...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839
Extent:
1 item

10. Talbot Photo 10(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 10(47)
Title:
[Cameraless contact negative of a botanical specimen.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Still Life Photography A cameraless photogenic drawing of a curved plant stem, with five-bladed leaves and thin off-shoots, possibly the same plant as seen in print 49.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1840
Extent:
1 item