[Cameraless contact negative of three botanical specimens.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography A cameraless photogenic drawing of three plants, the left-hand one facing downwards and possibly a cutting from a cedar or cypress, the right specimen a heliophilia. For a discussion of this image, see text by Larry J. Schaaf in, ‘Sun Pictures. Catalogue Seven' (...
[Cameraless contact negative of a botanical specimen.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography A cameraless photogenic drawing of a curved plant stem, with five-bladed leaves and thin off-shoots, possibly the same plant as seen in print 49.
[Cameraless contact negative of a botanical specimen.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography A cameraless photogenic drawing of a stem of five-bladed leaves and thin off-shoots, possibly the same plant as print 47.
[Shoot and leaves of a plant.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography A cameraless photogenic drawing contact negative of a shoot, with leaves at three points along it, curling upwards and finishing in a terminal bud.
[Porcelain vases and a silver jug.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography Study looking down onto a table arranged with a planter pot in the centre, a silver jug to the left, a pot pourri vase, a porcelain bowl and a another container. Chemistry float-applied on paper 112 x 185 mm.
[View from a window, (?)Lacock.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Landscape Photography An elevated view, possibly taken from a window at Lacock Abbey, looking across a lawn to distant trees. The image is extremely faint and not easy to decipher. Chemistry float-applied on paper 169 x 227 mm.
[The chapel, Carclew.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Aug. 30 1841.' Genre: Architectural Photography An oblique view of the small chapel of Carclew House, set in a coppice. The chapel is at the extreme right of the image with an overgrown wooded area to the left. Chemistry float-applied on paper 188 x 227...
[Bowood House.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography One of two copies (prints 43 and 44) of this subject. Probably taken from the roof of the 'Big House', looking diagonally down to the neoclassical Adam building, with columned and pedimented entrance at centre and the tower on the right. Original negative for th...