Articles of china. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
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View of four shelves of porcelain; this is the original trimmed negative (waxed), used as plate 3 of The Pencil of Nature. Prints taken from this negative can also be found at Talbot Photo 2(8-10) and Talbot Photo 6(3).
Bust of Patroclus. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
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Cropped view of the sculpture. This is the original trimmed negative (waxed), used as a replacement version for plate 5 in later issues of The Pencil of Nature. Prints made from this negative can be found at Talbot Photo 2(16-19, 696), Talbot Photo 6(5), Talbot Photo 16(10).
Leaf of a plant. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot.
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Photogenic drawing contact negative of a trifoliate stem of a fern-like plant; this is possibly the original trimmed negative that was used for plate 7 of The Pencil of Nature. With portions missing from all four corners, presumably from having been removed from an album page. Prints from this negat...
Cloisters of Lacock Abbey. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
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Inscribed K in ink at top left corner of sensitised side. View taken from inside the cloister yard, showing the northern section of the ivy-covered wall, with a row of perpendicular traceried arches; this is possibly the original trimmed negative that was used for plate 16 of The Pencil of Nature. P...
Sharington's Tower, Lacock Abbey. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot
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View from the south, looking across the lawn towards Sharington's tower, with two ladders leaning against the east wall. This is the original trimmed negative used for plate 19 of ThePencil of Nature. Prints from this negative can be found at Talbot Photo 2(61) and Talbot Photo 6(19).
The Martyrs' Monument, Oxford with Caesar's Lodge behind. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot.
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Inscribed in pencil, bottom left of sensitised side: N 1. Portions of sky area blacked out with crayon. The numbering on the back may refer to the photograph having been taken by Nicolaas Henneman. Trimmed negative.
