Search

Archive Reference (shelfmark) Talbot Photo Subject Talbot Collection

1171. Talbot Photo 3(53)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 3(53)
Title:
[Lattice Window, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Head-on view of three panes of lattice work window taken from the interior of Lacock Abbey with the outside foliage bordering the sides of the window. This print is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal light levels.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 item

1172. Talbot Photo 3(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 3(54)
Title:
[Constance Talbot.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
One of the earliest portraits using the calotype process and depicts the head and shoulders of Talbot's wife facing three quarters to the left, she wears a lace pelerine and a dark beaded necklace. The photograph was taken at 5 in the afternoon and without sun. This print is particularly light s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
06 Oct 1840
Extent:
1 item

1173. Talbot Photo 3(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 3(55)
Title:
[Botanical Specimen of Four Leaves.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
A photogenic drawing negative of four leaves placed onto the paper with single leaves at the top and bottom and two smaller leaves in the centre. It is believed that this negative was stabilised rather than fully fixed but may also have been intensified by Harold White, it is particularly light ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1840
Extent:
1 item

1174. Talbot Photo 3(56)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 3(56)
Title:
[St Helen's Square, York.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscribed on verso in ink by Ostroff: 'LA996/ York' and in pencil '180'. A heavily hand-coloured print of a view of the narrow streets of York with St Helen's Church to the right and shop to the left. Chemistry float-applied on paper 185 x 228 mm with watermark 'J Whatman/ Turkey Mill/ 1840'. T...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Jul 1845
Extent:
1 item

1175. Talbot Photo 3(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 3(57)
Title:
[The Stables, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
A view taken from Lady Elisabeth's window looking directly across the stable yard to the gabled roofed buildings on the north side, which adjoin the brew-house. The exposure time for this photograph was five minutes. Chemistry float-applied on paper 190 x 229 mm, which has been watermarked 'J Wh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
14 Oct 1840
Extent:
1 item

1176. Talbot Photo 3(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 3(58)
Title:
[Diogenes, without sun, 17' (small).] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Calotype negative of a close-up view of the terracotta sculpture by Victor Alexander Sederbach, located in one of the niches of the Great Hall, Lacock Abbey. The photograph was taken with a 17 minute exposure time. This negative is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under norm...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
06 Oct 1840
Extent:
1 item

1177. Talbot Photo 3(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 3(59)
Title:
[View from the Cloister Courtyard, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
A stabilized negative looking across the cloister courtyard towards the north-east corner at first floor level. This negative is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal light levels.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 item

1178. Talbot Photo 3(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 3(60)
Title:
Cloisters [Lacock Abbey]. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscribed in pencil on verso: '19 April /40 / Cloisters/ (loop)W17'. A photogenic camera negative of the view across the cloister courtyard, possibly towards the north-east corner, a small section of a perpendicular traceried arch is visible but the rest of the architectural detailing has been ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
19 Apr 1840
Extent:
1 item

1179. Talbot Photo 3(61)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 3(61)
Title:
[The Soliloquy of the Broom.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
21 Jan 1841
Extent:
1 item

1180. Talbot Photo 3(62)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 3(62)
Title:
[Section of the West Front, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
A calotype negative showing a view taken from ground level looking upwards to a portion of the west façade of Lacock Abbey, it includes part of the southernmost window and the small cupola. This negative is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal light levels.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1840s
Extent:
1 item

Limit your search