The Halle aux Serges, Burges. Photographer: Bretagne, C
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Inscription: Name of photographer and 'Louvain' printed under photograph. Handwritten in pencil on verso: 'Burges, Halle Aux Serges' and its English translation in ink 'The Halle aux Serges at Bruges. Bought there in 1867'. The stamp of the photographer consisting of globe, telescope and measuri...
[Bodleian Library, Oxford.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Stamped on verso: ' Patent/ Talbotype Photogenic Drawing'. Genre: Architectural Photography One of three copies (prints 203, 707 and 755) of this subject, a view taken in the School Quadrangle looking upwards towards the ornate entrance of the Bodleian Library. Trimmed print laid ...
The Flower Garden - Penrice Castle. Photographer: Llewellyn, John Dillwyn
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Inscription: Inscribed on recto: 'The Flower Garden - Penrice Castle./ J. D. Llewelyn'. Genre: Landscape Photography View of the side of the house, to the right, with a small bed of flowers in the foreground, a large tree in the mid-distance and several trees and shrubs further behind. Trimmed...
Margam - West Front. Photographer: Llewellyn, John Dillwyn
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Inscription: Inscribed on recto: 'Margam - West Front'. Genre: Architectural Photography View along the drive towards the West façade of Margam Castle, with the octagonal tower visible behind. Trimmed print laid down on card.
Cloisters of Lacock Abbey. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography One of three copies (prints 54-55 and 752) of this subject, taken from inside the cloister yard, it shows a view of the northern section of the ivy-covered cloister wall with a row of Perpendicular traceried arches and the entrance at left. Also published as pl...
[South Front, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed in pencil on verso: 'Jany. 7/40'. A photogenic camera negative, taken from the path along the south façade; it shows an oblique view of the three oriel windows with Sharington's Tower at left. This negative is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal light le...
[Dormer Window, Stable Yard, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed in pencil on verso: '6 9 1842'. A calotype negative of a tightly composed view looking up at the roof of the stable yard block with a dormer window at centre. The negative was in wrapping paper marked '9 Sept. / 1842, which also included information about the development process 'c.a ...
[Lattice Window, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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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.
[The Soliloquy of the Broom.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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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...
[Large Oriel Window and Sharington's Tower.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A view taken from ground level looking upwards with the large oriel window nearest the viewer and Sharington's Tower to the right. Chemistry float-applied on paper 220 x 180 mm with staining having taken place during development. This print is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewe...