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Subject Photography Name Talbot, William Henry Fox, photographer, 1800-1877

1. Add MS 88942/1/169

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Add MS 88942/1/169
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Defence of a Magistrate, falsely accused')
Scope & Content:
The notebook contains a draft of a translation of a tablet in the British Museum. It also includes two pages of notes at the back of the notebook on the first public announcement of Talbot's photographic experiments (by Michael Faraday, at the Royal Institution, 1839). Notebook started: 3 May 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
1877
Extent:
1 notebook (6 folios, 12 pages of text)

2. Add MS 88942/1/272

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Add MS 88942/1/272
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Memoranda')
Scope & Content:
This notebook (entitled 'Memoranda') comprises, in the main, notes on three topics: horticultural matters (such as plants ordered, and 'Garden Memoranda'); notes on experiments concerning 'galvanism'; and various notes concerning photography. It also includes occasional notes interspersed on oth...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
1838-1840
Extent:
1 notebook (36 folios, 71 pages of text)

3. Add MS 88942/1/277

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Add MS 88942/1/277
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Memoranda')
Scope & Content:
The notebook includes miscellaneous notes from 1840-1844. Many of them are scientific notes on photography, often headed 'Phot.c Miscellanies' and include small drawings. Other notes on photography include 'Requisites for Photography in travelling', a list of photographic albums, notes on 'adjus...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840-1844
Extent:
1 notebook (68 folios, 73 pages of text)

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