[Cameraless contact negative of a sample of lace.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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A cameraless contact negative of a piece of lace, with small leaf motif over the majority of the fabric; the border has a convex edging with alternating patterns. Negative trimmed to image size.
University College, Oxford. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in ink at bottom right of mount: 'Univy Coll. Oxfd.' Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the gothic archway leading into the inner courtyard of University College. Paper trimmed to size of image and laid down on card 234 x 202 mm.
Carriages of the Old Grand Masters, Valetta, Malta. Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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Inscription: Inscribed in ink as above at bottom right of page, and credited: 'Rev. C. Jones. 1846.' View of three carriages in the courtyard in front of the entrance to one of the palaces of the Grand Masters in Valletta. Paper trimmed to size of image and laid down on card 234 x 303 mm.
Beech Trees, Lacock Abbey. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in ink at bottom right of page: 'Beech Trees, Lacock Abbey'. Genre: Landscape Photography View along a sun-dappled forest pathway lined with beech trees. This image also appears as plate 23 in Nicolaas Henneman's 'Talbotypes or Sun Pictures', published in 1847. Print tri...
[Two Ships with Sails Unfurled.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
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Inscription: Inscribed in ink at bottom right of page: 'Rev. C. Jones.' Genre: Landscape Photography View of two ships, moored side by side alongside a wharf at Swansea, with sails unfurled. A faded print, trimmed to image size and laid down on card 234 x 303 mm. The negative to this print can...
Copy of Old Botanical Engraving. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in ink at bottom right of page: 'Copy of Old Botanical Engraving. H.F.T.'. Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of A copy of an engraving of a specimen of a hackberry branch, titled, 'Celtis folus fubrotundis, dentatis, flore viridi, fructu luteo'. Chemistry float-applied on pa...
[Leaf of a Plant.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Scientific Photography A direct cameraless image of the trifoliate stem of a fern-like plant against a white field. Print trimmed to image size. Four loose copies can be found in Talbot Photo 2 (prints 24-26 and 697). The negative to this print can be found at Talbot Photo 1(3). Also pu...
[Cameraless contact negative of the stem of an Apiaceae Plant.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Scientific Photography A cameraless contact negative of a plant of the parsely family with one of the bottom petioles facing downward. Negative trimmed to image size.
Inscription: Inscribed in ink beneath image: 'H.M.S. Superb, Plymouth Harbour' and at bottom right corner of card: 'N. Henneman'. Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of Captain Correy R.N., standing beside a row of cannons on the deck of H. M. S. 'Superb'. Paper trimmed to size of...