[Wood Shed, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed in pencil on verso: '5 Jany. 1841'. A calotype negative taken at a slight angle showing the front of the wood shed with trees behind. This negative is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal light levels.
[South Front, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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An extremely faint calotype negative depicting the south façade of Lacock Abbey with Sharington's Tower. This negative may have produced print Talbot Photo 12 (2) and is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal light levels.
[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.
[Cart in front of wood shed, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed in pencil on verso: '20 April 1840'. A photogenic drawing contact negative of a cart, stationed in front of a barn with white-washed walls and a slated roof. A positive print of this image can be found at Talbot Photo 12 (6). This negative is particularly light sensitive and should no...
[Exterior View of Oriel Window, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed in pencil on verso: 'Jany. 23 1841'. A calotype negative of a view looking upwards to the upper window and balustrade roof of an unidentified country house, behind the building's façade the top section of a gabled roof with finial can be seen. This negative is particularly light sensi...
[One of the Feilding Women holding a Parasol.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A calotype negative of a portrait of a woman wearing a bonnet, plaid dress holding a parasol. As the negative has faded, it is difficult to identify the sitter but it is presumably one of Talbot's family members. This negative is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal...
Bas Relief of Crucifixion. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed in pencil on verso: 'June 23, 1840/ Bas Relief of Crucifixion'. A tightly composed photogenic camera negative of a bas relief depicting mourners gathering around Christ's body. This negative is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal light levels.
[Botanical Specimen of Four Leaves.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A photogenic drawing negative of four leaves placed onto the paper with single leaves at the top and bottom and two smaller leaves in the centre. It is believed that this negative was stabilised rather than fully fixed but may also have been intensified by Harold White, it is particularly light ...
Gable of Dormitory. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed in pencil on verso: 'Gable of Dormitory/ June 21, 1840'. A photogenic camera negative showing an oblique angle of the exterior of the servants' quarters, which is the outer northern section of the stable yard block. The view is taken from near the rear of the clock tower facing an eas...
[Constance Talbot.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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One of the earliest portraits using the calotype process and depicts the head and shoulders of Talbot's wife facing three quarters to the left, she wears a lace pelerine and a dark beaded necklace. The photograph was taken at 5 in the afternoon and without sun. This print is particularly light s...