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1. Talbot Photo 1(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(1)
Title:
Articles of china. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
Scope & Content:
View of four shelves of porcelain; this is the original trimmed negative (waxed), used as plate 3 of The Pencil of Nature. Prints taken from this negative can also be found at Talbot Photo 2(8-10) and Talbot Photo 6(3).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before Jan 1844
Extent:
1 item

2. Talbot Photo 1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(2)
Title:
Bust of Patroclus. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
Scope & Content:
Cropped view of the sculpture. This is the original trimmed negative (waxed), used as a replacement version for plate 5 in later issues of The Pencil of Nature. Prints made from this negative can be found at Talbot Photo 2(16-19, 696), Talbot Photo 6(5), Talbot Photo 16(10).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 1846
Extent:
1 item

3. Talbot Photo 1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(3)
Title:
Leaf of a plant. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot.
Scope & Content:
Photogenic drawing contact negative of a trifoliate stem of a fern-like plant; this is possibly the original trimmed negative that was used for plate 7 of The Pencil of Nature. With portions missing from all four corners, presumably from having been removed from an album page. Prints from this n...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 14 Feb 1844
Extent:
1 item

4. Talbot Photo 1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(4)
Title:
Cloisters of Lacock Abbey. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
Scope & Content:
Inscribed K in ink at top left corner of sensitised side. View taken from inside the cloister yard, showing the northern section of the ivy-covered wall, with a row of perpendicular traceried arches; this is possibly the original trimmed negative that was used for plate 16 of The Pencil of Natu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 1840s
Extent:
1 item

5. Talbot Photo 1(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(5)
Title:
Facsimile of an old printed page. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
Scope & Content:
Photogenic drawing negative of a page of text; possibly the original trimmed negative used for plate 9 of The Pencil of Nature.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before Mar 1840
Extent:
1 item

6. Talbot Photo 1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(6)
Title:
Sharington's Tower, Lacock Abbey. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
Scope & Content:
View from the south, looking across the lawn towards Sharington's tower, with two ladders leaning against the east wall. This is the original trimmed negative used for plate 19 of ThePencil of Nature. Prints from this negative can be found at Talbot Photo 2(61) and Talbot Photo 6(19).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before Feb 1845
Extent:
1 item

7. Talbot Photo 1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(7)
Title:
Hall door, Abbotsford. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot.
Scope & Content:
Original trimmed negative for plate 5 of Sun Pictures in Scotland (1845).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1844
Extent:
1 item

8. Talbot Photo 1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(8)
Title:
Melrose Abbey. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
Scope & Content:
View of the abbey ruins from the graveyard; probably the original trimmed negative for plate 7 of Sun Pictures in Scotland (1845).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1844
Extent:
1 item

9. Talbot Photo 1(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(9)
Title:
The Martyrs' Monument, Oxford with Caesar's Lodge behind. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot.
Scope & Content:
Inscribed in pencil, bottom left of sensitised side: N 1. Portions of sky area blacked out with crayon. The numbering on the back may refer to the photograph having been taken by Nicolaas Henneman. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843
Extent:
1 item

10. Talbot Photo 1(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(10)
Title:
Quadrangle of St John's College, Oxford. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
Scope & Content:
View of the corner of Canterbury Quad, with the ornate Renaissance style entrance to the Great Lawn. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item