[Apple tree in blossom, Lacock.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso by Talbot: 'Apple Tree', and in pencil on album page by Eugene Ostroff: '1 May 1840 (neg.) EO [WHFT] Apple Tree'. Genre: Landscape Photography One of two copies (prints 30 and 32) of a view of an apple tree in blossom. Chemistry float-applied on paper 174 x 218 ...
[Garden implements, Lacock.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in a modern hand on album page, '26 April /40.' Genre: Still Life Photography An extremely faint print of a spade leaning against an object, possibly a wheelbarrow. Chemistry float-applied on paper 171 x 215 mm.
[Apple tree in blossom, Lacock.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in a modern hand on album page, '1 May 1840.' Genre: Landscape Photography One of two copies (prints 30 and 32) of a view of an apple tree in blossom. Paper trimmed to size of image with the bottom left corner trimmed diagonally from negative.
[Slice of a horse chestnut, seen through a solar microscope.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in a modern hand on album page, '28 May 1840.' Genre: Scientific Photography A faded print showing a section of a horse chestnut, taken through a solar microscope and producing an effect of concentric circles. Paper watermarked 'J Whatman/ 1838'. Chemistry float-applied ...
[Indistinct Image.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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An indisctinct and unidentifiable image, almost entirely faded, conceivably of a close up of a sculpture. Chemistry float-applied on paper 186 x 229 mm. Watermarked 'J Whatman/ 1840'.
[Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography An extremely faint print showing an oblique view of a section of the building, the architectural detail lost for the most part, but possibly showing a dormer window and chimneys and therefore suggesting that it may be the northern façade looking eastwards. Chem...
[An entrance surrounded by trees, (?)Lacock.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Landscape Photography A very faint print showing a wall hidden by trees; to the extreme left there seems to be an entrance, but it is unclear if this is a building or a walled part of the grounds at Lacock. Chemistry float-applied on paper 181 x 226 mm.
[Urn from Lady Elisabeth's Rose Garden, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Landscape Photography View in the grounds at Lacock with a close view of an urn on a plinth with a trellis arch at right. Chemistry float-applied on paper 174 x 223 mm.