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1. Talbot Photo 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 5
Title:
Talbot Collection: Photographic and Photoglyphic Engraving Proofs. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Collection of 88 loose leaf prints, showing examples of photographic engraving, photoglyphic engraving and photo-sculpsit. The majority are engravings of photographs that were not originally taken by Talbot and are examples of European architecture, some of which were also used as examples of ph...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1852-1866
Extent:
88 items

2. Talbot Photo 5(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 5(21)
Title:
[Bird's Eye View of Paris.]
Scope & Content:
Genre: Aerial Photography Aerial view of the city, possibly taken from the roof of the Louvre. Rounded corners, white horizontal lines across image. Photoglyphic engraving by William Crookes from stereograph by unknown photographer. Image size 44 x 63 mm, press imprint size 74 x 106 mm. Paper d...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
25 Mar 1859
Extent:
1 item

3. Talbot Photo 5(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 5(50)
Title:
[Map of Penicuik.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '90279', 'Tissander/ Photo-sculpsit'. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Map of Penicuik with printed title underneath image 'H.F. Talbot photo-sculpsit'. Image used as illustration in Tissandier's 'Les Merveilles de la Photographie' published in 1874. Imag...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1866
Extent:
1 item

4. Talbot Photo 5(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 5(49)
Title:
View in Java. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'Tissander'. Genre: Landscape Photography Pathway surrounded by palms and other foliage. Photo-sculpsit engraving with line border and printed title underneath image 'View of Java/ H.F. Talbot photo-sculpsit'. Image used as illustration in Tissandier's 'Les Mer...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1866
Extent:
1 item

5. Talbot Photo 5(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 5(37)
Title:
[Sculpture Representing Summer.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '90268'. Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Sculpture of a woman wearing a turban and holding a sheaf of wheat, the sculpture is set against a black background. Photogylphic engraving from stereograph by unknown photographer. Print size 77 x 53 mm, pres...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
After 1858
Extent:
1 item

6. Talbot Photo 5(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 5(34)
Title:
Laocoon. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed under image: '544bis, Groupe du Laocoon (galerie du Vatican)'. Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of One of two copies (prints 34 and 35) of this subject, a frontal view of sculpture with black background and typewritten inscription in French. Photogylphic engraving from ster...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1860s
Extent:
1 item

7. Talbot Photo 5(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 5(35)
Title:
Laocoon. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed under image: '544bis, Groupe du Laocoon (galerie du Vatican)'. Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of One of two copies (prints 34 and 35) of this subject, a frontal view of sculpture with black background and typewritten inscription in French. Photogylphic engraving from ster...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
After 1858
Extent:
1 item

8. Talbot Photo 5(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 5(33)
Title:
[Dead Fowl.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '8090b'. Genre: Still Life Photography A bird, with wings spread out, lying on a coarse piece of cloth. Photoglyphic engraving from stereograph by unknown photographer. Image size 66 x 56 mm, press imprint size 127 x 95 mm, paper size 256 x 201 mm. Im...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
After 1858
Extent:
1 item

9. Talbot Photo 5(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 5(41)
Title:
Silver Shield and Tankards. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '90337'. Genre: Still Life Photography Selection of tankards, urns and a shield displayed by a draped curtain, also known as 'Group of Antique Plate'. Photoglyphic engraving on steel plate originally taken from a stereograph by Sir Charles Eastlake, r...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
After 1858
Extent:
1 item

10. Talbot Photo 5(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 5(43)
Title:
[Assortment of Paintings.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '90270b'. Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Montage of several famous paintings. Photoglyphic engraving, handwritten in top right corner by Eugene Ostroff (Curator of photography at The National Museum of American History and who visited Lacock Abbey i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
After 1858
Extent:
1 item