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Place Lacock, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe, Western Europe Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable)

1. 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

2. Talbot Photo 1(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(48)
Title:
Honeysuckle Shed, Lacock Abbey. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot.
Scope & Content:
View of the front of the shed, with a sawhorse in the foreground. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

3. Talbot Photo 1(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(49)
Title:
Garden scene with broom and spade, probably at Lacock Abbey. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
Scope & Content:
Garden scene, with a broom and a spade placed in front of foliage. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

4. Talbot Photo 1(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(50)
Title:
Garden Shed, or outbuilding, with garden implements, probably at Lacock. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot.
Scope & Content:
View looking towards a wooden door, almost hidden by the surrounding foliage, with garden implements (a broom, spade and rake) arranged next to a wooden bench in front. Prints made from this trimmed negative can be found at Talbot Photo 2(229 and 300).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

5. Talbot Photo 1(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(51)
Title:
[West Front, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A close-up view of the ivy-covered hall exterior with its gothic-style windows and section of the dual stairway. Prints made from this trimmed negative can be found at Talbot Photo 2 (308 -309).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

6. Talbot Photo 1(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(52)
Title:
[North Front, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '3d May 1840'. Genre: Architectural Photography Photogenic camera negative of the north front of Lacock Abbey taken from the wood yard. Most of the detailing of the image is lost apart from the roofline. Trimmed negative with unevenly clipped corners....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
03 May 1840
Extent:
1 item

7. Talbot Photo 1(53)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(53)
Title:
[North End, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '31 May 1840'. Genre: Architectural Photography Photogenic camera negative of the north front of Lacock Abbey taken from the wood yard. Most of the detailing of the image is lost apart from the roofline. Trimmed negative with unevenly clipped corners....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
31 May 1840
Extent:
1 item

8. Talbot Photo 1(97)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(97)
Title:
[Oak Tree in Winter, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
A mature leaf-less oak tree with a row of smaller trees in the distance. A print from this negative can be found at Talbot Photo 2(758). Trimmed negative with clipped corners.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1842
Extent:
1 item

9. Talbot Photo 1(99)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(99)
Title:
[Group photograph of the Talbot daughters and an unidentified woman.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography A rather indistinct image, but is clearly of Talbot's three daughters standing in a row with an older woman, possibly his wife Constance. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1840s
Extent:
1 item

10. Talbot Photo 1(100)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(100)
Title:
[Ela and Matilda Talbot.] Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot (after Antoine Claudet)
Scope & Content:
Calotype negative copied from a daguerreotype. This is similar to the Claudet daguerreotype at Talbot Photo 4(4), and clearly taken at the same sitting, but in the daguerreotype Matilda looks to the right, while in this negative she looks directly towards the camera. Image size 226 x 183 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1840s
Extent:
1 item