Minerve. Écusson ovale en émail de Limoges. 1555. Photographer: Vidal, Léon
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Coloured (photochrome) view of the Limoges enamel object, variously identified as an escutcheon, badge or plate, with the figure of Minerva in the centre.
Plat ovale en grisaille. Émail de Limoges de Pierre Reymond. Photographer: Vidal, Léon
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Coloured (photochrome) view of the oval Limoges enamel platter, with central image representing Abraham refusing the gifts of the King of Sodom. The same plate is also seen in the preceding volume, print 13.
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Coloured (photochrome) view of a statuette of Victory, seated on horseback. See print 14 of the preceding volume for another copy of this photograph, but with considerably different colouring.
Articles of china. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
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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).
Bust of Patroclus. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
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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).
[Wellington Arch, London.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography The triumphal arch topped with the statue of Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; Apsley House is visible in the background. Trimmed negative. For a discussion of this image, see text by Larry J. Schaaf in, ‘Sun Pictures. Catalogue Three' (Hans P. Krau...
[Trafalgar Square with Nelson's Column under Construction.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography The base of the column in scaffolding with St Martin-in-the-Field and Morley's Hotel in the background. In the foreground a wooden fence covered in bill posters can be seen. Trimmed negative.
