[Laocoon.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Frontal view of the replica sculpture of Laocoon and his sons entwined by two serpents. There are sixteen known negatives of this statuette. Henneman visited Lacock to photograph the piece in November 1845, but as the album in generally meticulous in crediting ...
[Statuette of Ariadne.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Head-on view of the sculpture of Ariadne reclining on a tiger, the sculpture on a rectangular plinth against a black background. Varnished and trimmed print laid down on card 168 x 202 mm. In a letter written on the 18th November 1845 from Constance Talbot to he...
[Bust of Patroclus.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Head-on view of the sculpture with the bottom slightly cropped; a larger variant included in some issues of 'The Pencil of Nature,' after the original negative was damaged. Paper trimmed to size of image and laid down on card 310 x 247 mm. An additional four loo...
[Figurine of a Crusader.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in ink at bottom right of mount: 'H.F.T.' Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view of a figurine of a crusader, wearing a medieval tunic and helmet, bearing a shield in one hand and sword in the other. Print trimmed to image size and laid down on card 311 x 247 mm.
Copy of Old Engraving. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in ink at bottom right of page: 'copy of old Engraving. H.F.T.' Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of A copy of the 1672 engraving of the Swiss scientist, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, who is depicted seated in front of a landscape inspecting a botanical specimen. An arrangement o...
Copy of Old Botanical Engraving. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in ink at bottom right of page: 'Copy of Old Botanical Engraving. H.F.T.'. Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of A copy of an engraving of a specimen of a hackberry branch, titled, 'Celtis folus fubrotundis, dentatis, flore viridi, fructu luteo'. Chemistry float-applied on pa...
[View from a Window of the Vittoria Hotel] Naples. Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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Inscription: Inscribed in ink at bottom right of page: 'Naples. Rev. C. Jones 1846.' Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View taken from an elevated vantage point, looking down on the entrance to the Villa Reale, with a row of buildings along the right and surrounding hills in the distance....
A Large Italian Engraving Diminished with the Camera. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in ink as above at bottom right of page and credited: 'H.F.T.' Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of A reduced copy of Luigi Rossini's 1829 engraving of a Roman arch in Cora (titled 'Veduta dell' antico Ponte situato fuori di Porta Romana nella Città di Cora nei tempi di Clau...
