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Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 15(18)
Title:: ['Gothick archway', Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography A faint image, looking towards the Gothic Revival arch at the entrance to Lacock Abbey, with tall trees visible in the background. The corners of the negative have been trimmed somewhat unevenly and there is a fair amount of chemical staining on the print. Chemi...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 24 Dec 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 15(28)
Title:: [Garden urn, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view of a calyx-krater shaped urn on a plinth; the body of the urn is decorated with Medusa's face. Another copy of this print can be found at Talbot Photo 11 (15). Chemistry float-applied on paper 114 x 91 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 22 May 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 15(29)
Title:: [Statuette of a boy reading.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view of a sculpture of a seated cherub reading, positioned facing to the left and lit from the left. Chemistry float-applied on paper 97 x 113 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Early 1840s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 16(57)
Title:: [Cameraless contact negative of a sample of lace.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: A cameraless contact negative of a sample of lace, the fabric designed with rows of a scrolled leaf pattern, which includes small five petal flowers in between; the border has a convex edging. Negative trimmed to image size.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1839
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 16(58)
Title:: [Cameraless contact negative of a sample of lace.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: 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.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1839
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 2(445)
Title:: [The Handshake.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography A retouched print of Henneman (L) and Goddard (R) shaking hands, each wearing tails and holding their top hat in their free hand. Chemistry float-applied on paper 184 x 130 mm. For a discussion of this image, see Larry J. Schaaf, 'The Photographic Art of William Hen...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 8 Apr 1842
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 1(15)
Title:: Radcliffe Camera, Oxford. Photographer: William Henry Fox Talbot.
Scope & Content:: View of the Radcliffe Camera, taken from an elevated vantage point, with the wall and gateway of All Souls' in the foreground. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1840s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 1(117)
Title:: [Nicolaas Henneman Asleep.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of Henneman in three-quarter profile asleep in an armchair. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1840s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 1(293)
Title:: [Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the cathedral before the extensive restorations, taken from the south-west. The photograph has been variously attributed Calvert Jones or William Holland Furlonge. An unusually dense negative with a close variant print at Talbot Photo 2 (164). Tr...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Mid 1840s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 1(294)
Title:: [Malahide Castle, Dublin.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography The ivy-covered castle taken from the left, showing the façade and side of the building with a grassy lawn in the foreground. Although this photograph has not been attributed to a particular photographer, it is likely to have been taken by either Calvert Jones o...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Mid 1840s
Extent:: 1 item

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