Genre: Portrait Photography A posed photograph of a man leaning on walking stick by the entrance to a church. Historically this photograph has been attributed to: T.D. Eaton, B.B. Turner and S. Buckle. Chemistry float-applied on paper 238 x 193 mm. The negative, or a close variant, to this prin...
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '1/2'. Genre: Architectural Photography A posed photograph showing a thatch roofed workshop with several planks of wood outside. A man leans against the door, peering into the workshop, while a small child faces the camera sitting in a pile of wood sh...
Genre: Architectural Photography One of two copies (prints 655 and 656) of this subject, a man leaning against left side of entrance which has crenelated battlements and carved arch with shell-shaped niches on either side. Previously photograph has been attributed to T.D. Eaton or S. Buckle. Pr...
Genre: Architectural Photography One of two copies (prints 655 and 656) of this subject, a man leaning against left side of entrance which has crenelated battlements and carved arch with shell-shaped niches on either side. Previously photograph has been attributed to: T.D. Eaton or S. Buckle. C...
Genre: Architectural Photography One of two copies (prints 657 and 658) of this subject, a man seated against right side of entrance which has crenelated battlements and carved arch with shell-shaped niches on either side. Chemistry float-applied on paper 235 x 192 mm. Previously photograph has...
Genre: Architectural Photography One of two copies (prints 657 and 658) of this subject, a man seated against right side of entrance which has crenelated battlements and carved arch with shell-shaped niches on either side. Chemistry float-applied on paper 187 x 165 mm. Previously photograph has...
The Halle aux Serges, Burges. Photographer: Bretagne, C
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Inscription: Name of photographer and 'Louvain' printed under photograph. Handwritten in pencil on verso: 'Burges, Halle Aux Serges' and its English translation in ink 'The Halle aux Serges at Bruges. Bought there in 1867'. The stamp of the photographer consisting of globe, telescope and measuri...
[Bodleian Library, Oxford.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Stamped on verso: ' Patent/ Talbotype Photogenic Drawing'. Genre: Architectural Photography One of three copies (prints 203, 707 and 755) of this subject, a view taken in the School Quadrangle looking upwards towards the ornate entrance of the Bodleian Library. Trimmed print laid ...
Cloisters of Lacock Abbey. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography One of three copies (prints 54-55 and 752) of this subject, taken from inside the cloister yard, it shows a view of the northern section of the ivy-covered cloister wall with a row of Perpendicular traceried arches and the entrance at left. Also published as pl...
[The Soliloquy of the Broom.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed in pencil on verso: '21 Jany/ 1841 16 [struck through] 30/ variation of the open door'. Calotype negative of the earliest version of this composition of a broom resting against an opened door. A later version, taken in 1844, would be used as a plate in The Pencil of Nature. This negat...