"Talbot Collection" - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 2(696)
Title:: Bust of Patroclus. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Head-on view of the sculpture with the bottom slightly cropped; a larger variant included in some issues of 'The Pencil of Nature,' after the original negative was damaged. Chemistry float-applied on paper 223 x 185 mm. This print has the least amount of contras...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1846
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 2(710)
Title:: [Rose Twigs.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: A photogenic drawing of two rose twigs against a black background; the larger twig with five leaves is just off centre with a smaller branch in the top right corner. Trimmed print laid down on card with an label containing the letter 'E' in the top right corner.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1839-1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 2(725)
Title:: [Statuette of] Ariadne. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Inscribed on recto: 'Ariadne'. Labels on verso: 'Patent/Talbotype or/ Sun Pictures' 'Brooks Brothers/ Wholesale and Retail Stationers/ Booksellers & Publishers/ Printsellers & Frame Manufacturers/ 87, New Bond Street and 307, Oxford Street'. Genre: Still Life Photography H...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1845
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 2(756)
Title:: [Near Chepstow.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View of rocky hillside with property wall at right. Print laid down on heavy card, with residue of gum around edges from removed window mount. Displayed in 1905 exhibition at Whitechapel Art Gallery. For a discussion of this image, see text by Larry J. Schaaf in, ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Early 1840s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 3(23)
Title:: Bowood [House]. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '25 April 1840/ Bowood'. A photogenic camera negative showing a head-on view of the entrance to the Big House at Bowood, with its columned façade and octagonal towers at either end. This negative is particularly light sensitive and should not be viewed under normal...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 25 Apr 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 2(98)
Title:: [Loch Katrine.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography One of two copies (prints 98-99) of this subject. View looking along the loch, from an elevated position on the hillside above the water. Chemistry float-applied on paper 184 x 228 mm; watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1840'. Also published as plate 12 in Talbot's ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Oct 1844
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 2(99)
Title:: [Loch Katrine.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography One of two copies (prints 98-99) of this subject. View looking along the loch, from an elevated position on the hillside above the water. Chemistry float-applied on paper 184 x 228 mm; watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1840'. Also published as plate 12 in Talbot's ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Oct 1844
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 2(116)
Title:: Castle of Doune. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '18 Castle of Doune'. Genre: Architectural Photography One of two copies (prints 116-117) of this subject, showing the castle ruins, with a field and trees in the foreground. Chemistry float-applied on paper 91 x 115 mm. Also published as plate 18 of Talbot's '...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Oct 1844
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 2(208)
Title:: St John's College, Cambridge. Photographer: Henneman, Nicolaas
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on reverse: '351.' Genre: Architectural Photography View lookingy towards the Eagle Gateway, the cloisters and buildings surrounding New Court. Floated on paper 184 x 223 mm. There is another copy of this image at Talbot Photo 16 (27). [Schaaf 1998.]
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1841-1846
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 2(424)
Title:: [Westminster Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View of the abbey's south transcept from across the cloisters. Chemistry float-applied on paper 227 x 188 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Jul 1845?
Extent:: 1 item

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