Inscription: Inscribed on recto: 'W.H.F. Talbot's Patent No. 1046'. Handwritten on verso: 'Talbot's Duplicate'. Four hand-coloured diagrams depicting the machinery to Talbot's patent for obtaining motive power.
Inscription: Printed on recto: 'Tab V./ Zu Fraunhofer's Gesetze der Bengung des Lichtes Deutsch B.VII/ Fraunhofer del.'. Plate five from a publication showing an example of Fraunhofer's diffusion; it shows light patterns produced through a telescope.
Inscription: Printed on recto: 'Tab III./ Zu Fraunhofer's Gesetze der Bengung des Lichtes Deutsch B.VII/ Fraunhofer del.'. Plate three from a publication showing an example of Fraunhofer's diffusion; it shows light patterns produced through a telescope.
Inscription: Printed on recto: 'Tab IV./ Zu Fraunhofer's Gesetze der Bengung des Lichtes Deutsch B.VII/ Fraunhofer del.'. Plate four from a publication showing an example of Fraunhofer's diffusion; it shows light patterns produced through a telescope.
Inscription: Printed under lithograph; 'E.T.F. delin. 1823/ Sagro Monte di Varese.' Lithograph of a portico of one of the chapels at Sacro Monte di Varesa, with the Arch of Saint Ambrose in the mid-distance and the church of Santa Maria del Monte atop the hill. Lithograph taken from an original...
Talbot Collection: Photographs of Cuneiform Tablets at the British Museum taken by Roger Fenton. Photographer(s): Fenton, Roger (attrib.)
Scope & Content:
Collection of 305 salted paper and albumen prints,the remains of a complete set (K. 50-278) of photographs of Assyrian cuneiform tablets (both front and back), with notes in pencil, often extensive, written by William Henry Fox Talbot on both recto and verso of the prints. The photographs have b...
[Cuneiform Tablet in the Kouyunjik Collection, British Museum.] Photographer: Fenton, Roger
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Head-on view of a cuneiform tablet with unknown K-number. Handwritten notes by Talbot appear in pencil on the front of the photograph.
[Cuneiform Tablet in the Kouyunjik Collection, British Museum.] Photographer: Fenton, Roger
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Head-on view of a cuneiform tablet with unknown K-number. Handwritten notes by Talbot appear in pencil on the front and back of the photograph.
[Cuneiform Tablet in the Kouyunjik Collection (K-number 25), British Museum.] Photographer: Fenton, Roger
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Head-on view of cuneiform tablet, K-number 25. Handwritten notes by Talbot appear in pencil on the front of the photograph.
[Cuneiform Tablet in the Kouyunjik Collection (K-number 52), British Museum.] Photographer: Fenton, Roger
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Head-on view of cuneiform tablet, K-number 52. Handwritten notes by Talbot appear in pencil on the front and back of the photograph.