[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 ...
[The Chess Players.] Photographer: Claudet, Antoine François Jean
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Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: 'E14'. 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 s...
[Charles Porter (?)] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length portrait of young man, wearing light coloured trousers, dark waistcoat and jacket sits cross-legged. Chemistry float-applied on paper 97 x 70 mm.
[Château de Chambord.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the front façade, heavily obscured by trees. In the foreground, timber is strewn along the approach to the château. Chemistry brush-applied on paper 187 x 230 mm. For a discussion of this image, see Larry J. Schaaf, 'The Photographic Art of William Henr...
[Boulevard, Paris, 1843.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography View taken from a first floor building showing a slightly off-centre view of a townhouse with most of its shutters closed. In the street below, there are several stationary horse-drawn carriages. Chemistry brush-applied on paper 188 x 230 mm.
[Rosamond Constance Talbot.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'Rosamond Constance Talbot/ Second daughter of / W.H.F. Talbot' and 'D/6'. Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length portrait of Talbot's second daughter, aged about seven, wearing an off the shoulder dark dress facing slightly towards the left. Chemistry float-a...
[Rosamond Constance Talbot.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length portrait of Talbot's second daughter with her hair in ringlets, wearing an off-the-shoulder dress and facing slightly to the right. Chemistry float-applied on paper 113 x 92 mm. Image speckled with chemical stains.
[Rosamond Constance Talbot.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length portrait of Talbot's second daughter with hair in ringlets, wearing an off the shoulder dress and facing the camera. Floated on paper 114 x 93 mm. Image speckled with chemical stains.
[Fontainebleu, Cour Ovale]. Photographer: Maret, Hugues Antoine Joseph Eugène
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Genre: Architectural Photography Domed gateway with connecting colonnade, an inner courtyard visible through the arch with corner of a building to the left. Chemistry brush-applied on paper 188 x 231 mm. For a discussion of this image, see text by Larry J. Schaaf in, ‘Sun Pictures. Catalogue F...
[Capstan on the Marine.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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A small fishing boat at the edge of the harbour with a bollard in the foreground to the right, view possibly taken at Valletta as the bastion seems to be in the distance. Chemistry float-applied on paper 94 x 107 mm.