[Cameraless contact negative of three botanical specimens.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography A cameraless photogenic drawing of three plants, the left-hand one facing downwards and possibly a cutting from a cedar or cypress, the right specimen a heliophilia. For a discussion of this image, see text by Larry J. Schaaf in, ‘Sun Pictures. Catalogue Seven' (...
[Bowood House.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography One of two copies (prints 43 and 44) of this subject. Probably taken from the roof of the 'Big House', looking diagonally down to the neoclassical Adam building, with columned and pedimented entrance at centre and the tower on the right. Original negative for th...
[Bowood House.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography One of two copies (prints 43 and 44) of this subject. Probably taken from the roof of the 'Big House', looking diagonally down on to the neoclassical Adam building, with columned and pedimented entrance at centre and the tower towards the right. Original negativ...
[Fountain at Bowood.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed by Eugene Ostroff on album page beside the photograph: '16 Sept 1841'. Genre: Architectural Photography View of a terrace at Bowood, with a stone fountain in the foreground and a stone balustrade behind and the garden beyond. Chemistry float-applied on paper 184 x 226 mm.
[A game of chess.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Portrait Photography Study of two men seated at a small table, studing the board, with a white backdrop behind. Nicolaas Henneman is seated on the right; the other sitter remains unidentified. See also prints 19, 36 and 52 in this album for similar compositions, probably taken on the sam...
[Cameraless contact negative of a botanical specimen.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography A cameraless photogenic drawing of a curved plant stem, with five-bladed leaves and thin off-shoots, possibly the same plant as seen in print 49.
[Cameraless contact negative of a botanical specimen.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography A cameraless photogenic drawing of a stem of five-bladed leaves and thin off-shoots, possibly the same plant as print 47.