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Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 14
Title:: Talbot Collection: Prints dating from 1839 to the early 1840s. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: A maroon leather bound album with embossed decoration on both boards, a peacock and harp motif in the centre, measuring 265 x 223 x 12 mm. The album contains 25 prints (many faded almost to invisibility), tipped down at corners onto the buff album pages. The majority of the photographs are photo...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Unspecified
Extent:: 25 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 14(1)
Title:: [Photograph of a framed painting.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of An extremely faint print, the image almost entirely faded showing a framed object. Print trimmed to size of image.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 14(2)
Title:: Cameraless contact photogenic drawing negative of a botanical specimen. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: A cameraless contact photogenic drawing negative of a botanical specimen, possibly a pea flowering vine, placed downwards, diagonally across the paper. In the upper left corner, there is a smaller specimen of a cluster of flowers. Negative irregularly trimmed to size of image.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1839
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 14(3)
Title:: [Bas-relief of a head of a classical figure in profile.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of A bas-relief sculpture of the bust of a man with curled hair and beard, in profile facing left. Chemistry float-applied on paper 225 x 160 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 21 Jun 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 14(4)
Title:: [Garden urn.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Still Life Photography A faint and almost entirely faded print of a calyx-krater shaped urn, lit from the right. Chemistry float-applied on paper 229 x 182 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 14(5)
Title:: [View in the cloisters, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the cloister courtyard. On the extreme right, the bust of Patroclus can be seen, evidently placed in the sunlight for photographic purposes. Chemistry float-applied on paper 126 x 180 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 23 Aug 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 14(6)
Title:: [The Rape of the Sabines.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of A faint view of a small reproduction of Giambologna's sculpture. Chemistry float-applied on paper 228 x 184 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 14(7)
Title:: [Lacock Abbey (?)] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography An almost indiscernible image that may possibly be an architectural view of Lacock Abbey. Chemistry float-applied on paper 124 x 163 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 14(8)
Title:: [Bust of Patroclus.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of An extremely faint print of the bust of Patroclus, facing right. Chemistry float-applied on paper 229 x 186 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 14(9)
Title:: [Cameraless contact photogenic drawing negative of a (?)Mimosoideae.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Scientific Photography A cameraless contact photogenic drawing negative of a plant consisting of bipinnately compound leaves, twelve stems in total. Paper trimmed to size of image.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1839
Extent:: 1 item

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