Newspaper. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed in pencil on verso: 'Newspaper Sept 22/40 2' fx. Iod/ Sept 23 washed with E & brought our by spont.'. No discernible image, however the date of this negative implies that this is one of the earliest calotypes and the inscription on the reverse gives useful information to the proce...
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'Soda'. Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length portrait of Edward Anthony; he is looking slightly to the right of the camera. Trimmed negative with the bottom two corners have been aggressively torn, suggesting that it was originally in an album.
[Savoyard with Hurdy-gurdy.] Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full length studio portrait of a standing boy wearing a brimmed hat and knee-high spats; he holds a hurdy-gurdy across his body. This image has been published as plate 1 in 'The Hurdy Gurdy' by Susann and Samuel Palmer (David & Charles: Newton Abbot, 1980) and is...
[Daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot.] Photographer: Beard, Richard
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Inscription: Patent label on verso: ''PATENT/ PHOTOGRAPHIC LIKENESSES/ taken by/ WOLCOTTS/ Reflecting Apparatus/ at the/ ROYAL POLYTECHNIC/ INSTITUTION/ Regent Street.' Genre: Portrait Photography Head and shoulders daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot, facing directly into the c...
[Daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot.] Photographer: Beard, Richard
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Inscription: Patent label on verso: ''PATENT/ PHOTOGRAPHIC LIKENESSES/ taken by/ WOLCOTTS/ Reflecting Apparatus/ at the/ ROYAL POLYTECHNIC/ INSTITUTION/ Regent Street.' Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot, facing towards the left. N...
[Bust of Patroclus.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed in pencil on verso: '6.9.1842'. A calotype negative of the bust of Patroclus, complete with plinth. The camera has been placed at a slightly elevated angle and looks down on the sculpture, which is slightly turned and so is not directly head on, with the head facing right in the negat...
[No discernible Image.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed on recto in both lower corners, in pencil: '3'. No discernible image apart from frame lines drawn in pencil with chemical staining in bottom left corner. The negative was originally wrapped in paper inscribed, '19 Sept/ 42'. This negative is particularly light sensitive and should not...
[No Discernible Image.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed; 'A paper [o] 7 April/ 41 used 20 April Leucotype 45" cloudy evening'. A leucotype with no discernible image. This print is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal light levels.
[No Discernible Image.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A leucotype with no discernible image apart from a faint rectangle. This print is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal light levels.