[A group of sellers.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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Genre: Portrait Photography One of two copies (prints 386 and 387) of a posed photograph of sellers outside a front door. From the left to right; a women sitting on a chair, a standing woman balancing a wooden container on her head, in front of the door a man and woman kneeling to look at a jar...
View of the Fortifications, Valetta. Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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Inscription: Inscribed on recto: '17'. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of the bastion walls on the right, with the harbour containing several fishing boats and ships below and to the left, the town is visible on the skyline. Negative sent to Talbot on 13 February, 1846. Chemistry f...
Dovecote, Singleton. Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '535/ 7/9(h)/ Dovecote Singleton/ Henneman Sun Pictures no. 12'. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of the side of the dovecote with a man seated on a wheelbarrow in the foreground towards the left. Image used as plate 12 in Nicolaas Henneman's 'Talbot...
The Fruit Sellers. Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'The Fruitsellers' 'Photograph taken by Fox Talbot in the Cloisters at Lacock Abbey. An interesting group of figures with the costumes of the early forties.' [typewritten] One of two copies (prints 324 and 714) of this subject, four men and two women posing with...
[Plants and a Basket.] Photographer: Llewellyn, John Dillwyn
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Genre: Still Life Photography Close-up view of a garden bed with a basket containing flowers placed on the grass verge. Likely to have been photographed by John Dillwyn Llewelyn. Trimmed print laid down on card.
A Fruit Piece. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography Plate 24 of Matilda Gilchrist-Clark's bound copy of 'The Pencil of Nature'. A still life of two baskets (one of wicker, the other porcelain), containing fruit (apples and a pineapple), set on a tartan tablecloth. Paper trimmed to size of image. The text that acco...
['Trunk of Larch' supporting a basket, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography A tightly composed view of the base of a tree trunk with a basket propped against it to the left. Chemistry float-applied on paper 188 x 227 mm. For a discussion of this image, see Larry J. Schaaf, 'The Photographic Art of William Henry Fox Talbot' (Princeton Univ...
Cloisters of Lacock Abbey. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed as above in ink at bottom right of page. Genre: Portrait Photography In a composition also known as 'The Fruit Sellers,' a group of men and women pose with baskets of fruit and other vegetable produce in the cloisters of Lacock Abbey. Larry J. Schaaf has identified sever...
A fruit piece. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography Still life composition consisting of two baskets of fruit (including apples, peaches and a pineapple) arranged on a table covered with a tartan tablecloth. Published in 'The Pencil of Nature' (plate 24). Printed on paper measuring 168x202 mm. Some fading and patche...
A fruit piece. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography Still life composition consisting of two baskets of fruit (including apples, peaches and a pineapple) arranged on a table covered with a tartan tablecloth. Published in 'The Pencil of Nature' (plate 24). Float-applied chemistry, on paper 186x225 mm.
