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040-003305193 Subject Talbot Collection

1. Talbot Photo 17(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 17(15)
Title:
Stamped Leather. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed: 'Stamped Leather/ diminished'. A small calotype showing a piece of pale leather that has been embossed with an intricate pattern.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

2. Talbot Photo 17(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 17(9)
Title:
Regent Street. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed: 'Regent Street'. Genre: Architectural Photography A small calotype taken from a first floor window looking across Regent Street at a slight angle and showing a row of buildings with their shop fronts. Photograph trimmed to leave border around image.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

3. Talbot Photo 17(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 17(13)
Title:
[Diminished Copy of a Caricature.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of A camera diminished copy of a political satire possibly dating from 1830 and making reference to the Swing Riots, the Duke of Wellington and Earl Grey. Paper trimmed to leave slight border.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

4. Talbot Photo 17(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 17(14)
Title:
[Diminished from an Engraving.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed: 'Diminished from an Engraving'. Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of A camera diminished copy of a Victorian print of a man in a tunic resting by the side of a cloister with a dog at his side and a woman standing facing him. The negative to this print can be found at Talbot...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

5. Talbot Photo 17(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 17(16)
Title:
[Rocking Horse known as 'Firefoot'.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
A small calotype showing the Talbot family rocking horse, 'Firefoot'. There are three negatives of the rocking horse [housed at The National Museum of Photography], two were taken outside in the grounds of Lacock Abbey, this image, however, seems to have been taken inside and has a dark curtain ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 1840s
Extent:
1 item

6. Talbot Photo 17(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 17(20)
Title:
[Tree with picnic table.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography A small calotype of a wooded area, in the centre there is a large tree with a picnic table nearby.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item

7. Talbot Photo 17(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 17(19)
Title:
[Window at Lacock.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A small calotype of a three panelled window surrounded by foliage that covers the brickwork and only reveals a small section of the slated roof. Another copy of this image can be found at Talbot Photo 2 (232).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1840s
Extent:
1 item

8. Talbot Photo 17(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 17(7)
Title:
Boulevards, Paris. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in top left corner of photograph '12' and in ink: 'Boulevards, Paris'. Genre: Architectural Photography A small calotype taken from a first floor window showing the top of an advertising kiosk with a row of shops on the opposite side of the street and a line of horse-dra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843
Extent:
1 item

9. Talbot Photo 17(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 17(2)
Title:
Diminished [Copy of a Lithographic Print.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on recto: 'Diminished'. Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of A camera diminished copy of Louis Leopold Boilly's 'Réunion de trente-cinq têtes diverses'. The original reproduction of this lithograph was used as plate 11 in 'The Pencil of Nature' and loose copies can be found ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1844
Extent:
1 item

10. Talbot Photo 17(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 17(3)
Title:
Merton College, Oxford. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on recto: 'Merton College, Oxford'. Genre: Architectural Photography A small calotype showing a view of part of the college buildings. The photograph is extremely faded and the image indistinct, though it may have been taken from across the Fellow's Garden. The photograp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 item