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...
Gate of the Cathedral of Valladolid. Photographer: Clouzard & Soulier
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'PN Fax of the Cathd[ral] of Valladolid Spain' ''90900'. Genre: Architectural Photography View of the intricate stonework carving of the entrance to the cathedral, image border rounded at top corners. Photoglyphic engraving from original stereograph by Clouzard...
Gate of the Cathedral of Valladolid. Photographer: Clouzard & Soulier
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Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '90883'. Genre: Architectural Photography View of the intricate stonework carving of the entrance to the cathedral, image border rounded at top corners. One of seven architectural subjects to be included in the 12 November 1858 edition of 'Photographi...
The Open Door. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography Plate 6 of Matilda Gilchrist-Clark's bound copy of 'The Pencil of Nature'. A study of a broomstick resting across a half-closed door. Paper trimmed to size of image. The text that accompanies the plate reads, 'The chief object of the present work is to place on r...
The Ladder. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography Plate 14 of Matilda Gilchrist-Clark's bound copy of 'The Pencil of Nature'. Three men grouped around a ladder in the stableyard of Lacock Abbey, the top resting against the first-floor doorway. Two men stand at its base, while a youth is posed in the upper storey o...
The Ladder. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography Plate 14 of a partially bound copy of the third installment of 'The Pencil of Nature', published between the 14 and 29 May 1845. Three men grouped around a ladder in the stableyard of Lacock Abbey, the top resting against the first-floor doorway. Two men stand at i...
The Ladder. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography Plate 14 of a partially bound copy of the third installment of 'The Pencil of Nature', published between the 14 and 29 May 1845. Three men grouped around a ladder in the stableyard of Lacock Abbey, the top resting against the first-floor doorway. Two men stand at i...
[The Cloister Doors, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed '6th Oct. 1840' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography An oblique view of the arched and barred double door that leads into the cloisters; the right side of the door has been left ajar allowing light to stream through. Paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1840'. Chemi...
[Spade resting against door hinge, Lacock.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography Study of a spade resting against a stable yard door, with what is possibly a harness hanging above. Exposure time three minutes. An indistinct image.