The Bridge of Orleans. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography A view from the Loire riverbank, looking towards the George V Bridge, with the houses of the town and Cathedral of Sainte-Croix on the far bank. Paper trimmed to size of image. Also published as plate 12 of 'The Pencil of Nature,' which was issued on the...
[University College, Oxford.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography One of two copies (prints 157-158) of this subject, a close view of a section of the facade of the Front Quad, showing a chimneybreast and bay window, with two men standing beneath the latter. Chemistry float-applied on paper 182 x 271 mm, watermarked 'J Whatman...
[University College, Oxford.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography One of two copies (prints 157-158) of this subject, a close view of a section of the facade of the Front Quad showing a chimneybreast and bay window, with two men standing beneath the latter. Chemistry float-applied on paper 198 x 245 mm. [Schaaf 2066.]
[High Street, Oxford.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'F/8'. Genre: Architectural Photography One of three copies (prints 189-191) of this subject, a view along Oxford High Street towards Queen's College with the dome of the Radcliffe Camera visible in the distance. Chemistry float-applied on paper 246 x 196 mm. ...
[Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography One of two copies (prints 204 and 205) of this subject, taken from St Giles and looking diagonally across the street towards the Taylorian Building. Chemistry float-applied on paper 184 x 224 mm. [Schaaf 854.]
[Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography One of two copies (prints 204 and 205) of this subject, taken from St Giles and looking diagonally across the street towards the Taylorian Building. Chemistry float-applied on paper 184 x 223 mm. [Schaaf 854.]
[Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography One of two copies (prints 213 and 214) of this subject, a view looking across Beaumont Street, towards the pedimented entrance to the museum, with the Taylorian Building to the right. Chemistry float-applied on paper 183 x 229 mm, watermarked 'J Whatman 1846.' ...
[The Chess Players.] Photographer: Claudet, Antoine François Jean
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Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '00006'. Genre: Portrait Photography One of three copies (prints 260-262) of this subject, showing two men seated at a table over a game of chess. The figure on the left, looking towards the camera, has been identified as the French photographer Antoi...
[The Chess Players.] Photographer: Claudet, Antoine François Jean
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Genre: Portrait Photography One of three copies (prints 260-262) of this subject, showing two men seated at a table over a game of chess. The figure on the left, looking towards the camera, has been identified as the French photographer Antoine Claudet; his top-hatted opponent, who remains unid...
[The Chess Players.] Photographer: Claudet, Antoine François Jean
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Genre: Portrait Photography One of three copies (prints 263-265) of this subject, a variant composition of prints 260-262, showing two men engaged in a game of chess. Their positions have been reversed from that view, with Antoine Claudet now seated on the right and the unidentified top-hatted ...