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Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 10(50)
Title:: [Photogenic drawing of a tri-lobed leaf.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Still Life Photography A cameraless photogenic drawing of a single tri-lobed leaf.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1839-1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 10(51)
Title:: [Table laid with silverware.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Inscribed by Eugene Ostroff on album page beside the photograph: '3 Sept 1841'. Genre: Still Life Photography View looking down onto a round table, covered with a white table cloth and laid out with silverware. Some of the items include; candlesticks, jugs, tea and coffee pots. Ch...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 3 Sep 1841
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 10(52)
Title:: [A game of chess.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Study of two figures seated at a small table, studying the chess board. Nicolaas Henneman is seated on the right, the older man seated on the left is unidentified. Behind the figures is a white backdrop.Prints 19, 36, 46 and 52 appear to have been taken on the same o...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Sep 1841
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 11(1)
Title:: [Table laid for tea.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Still Life Photography An extremely faint print showing a table with several place settings, with (?)soup bowls laid out. Pencilled line (for cropping?) along bottom edge of print. Print trimmed to size of image.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 11(2)
Title:: [Sharington's Tower taken from the urn, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography An extremely faint print, almost invisible, showing an oblique view of the façade of the building. Print trimmed to size of image.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 29 Apr 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 11(3)
Title:: [North end, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography An oblique view of a section of the servants' quarters, showing a dormer window with a chimney on either side. Chemistry float-applied on paper 180 x 226 mm. The negative to this print (or at least an extremely close variant) can be found at Talbot Photo 1 (53) ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 31 May 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 11(4)
Title:: [Maltese vase and statuette of boy reading.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Date inscribed in the negative: '29 April 1840'. Genre: Still Life Photography Study of two pieces of china against a dark background; to the right a sculpture of a seated cherub reading and to the left a wine vase decorated with grape motif and snake handle. Chemistry float-appli...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 29 Apr 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 11(5)
Title:: [Wall in Melon Ground, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Still Life Photography View of a stone wall with a pitchfork propped against its edge on the left, and other gardening implements laid out along its length. A very faded image. Chemistry float-applied on paper 187 x 226 mm. For a discussion of this image, see Larry J. Schaaf, 'The Photo...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 2 May 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 11(6)
Title:: [West front, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography A close view of the right side of the double steps leading up to the partially opened main door; there is a clear view of the adjacent gothic window. Chemistry float-applied on paper 187 x 226 mm. For a discussion of this image, see Larry J. Schaaf, 'The Photog...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 31 May 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 11(7)
Title:: [Table laid with two candles and a teapot.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Still Life Photography Study of a rectangular table covered in a cloth and laid out with two candlesticks, a silver teapot and sugar bowl. Chemistry float-applied on paper 187 x 231 mm. The original negative for this print can be found at Talbot Photo 3 (26). For a discussion of this im...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 27 May 1840
Extent:: 1 item

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