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Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 12(51)
Title:: [Framed oil painting placed in an armchair, Version 2, Lacock.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of a framed portrait of a bearded man, resting on an upholstered armchair. This is a slightly tighter composed version than print 50, with a shadow falling against the back of the chair. Chemistry float-applied on paper 110 x 175 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 1(64)
Title:: [Detail of the Exterior of Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography A close-up view of a section of the windows and ornate stonework, taken from an elevated position. Trimmed negative with clipped corners.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1845
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 12(34)
Title:: [Slice of a horse chestnut, seen through a solar microscope.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Inscribed in a modern hand on album page, '28 May 1840.' Genre: Scientific Photography A faded print showing a section of a horse chestnut, taken through a solar microscope and producing an effect of concentric circles. Paper watermarked 'J Whatman/ 1838'. Chemistry float-applied ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 28 May 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 13(28)
Title:: [The River Thames, London, from Talbot's Cecil Street flat.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View taken from a window of Talbot's flat in Cecil Street, looking along the north bank of the Thames, with boats moored in the foreground. On the skyline right of centre Westminster Abbey can be very faintly discerned. This is the earliest photograph on p...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: June 1841
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 14(17)
Title:: [?Interior view by a window, probably at Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography An almost indiscernible image, though it may possibly have been taken from a high vantage point looking down onto a windowseat at Lacock Abbey. Chemistry float-applied on paper 113 x 186 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 15(26)
Title:: [Interior of the Great Hall, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: A very indistinct and faded image of the interior of the Great Hall, facing north. Chemistry float-applied on paper 115 x 183 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Early 1840s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 16(52)
Title:: [Cameraless contact negative of a specimen of an Umbelliferous Plant] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Scientific Photography A cameraless contact negative showing the stem of a plant with numerous linear leaves. Negative trimmed to image size.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1843-1846
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 16(56)
Title:: [Cameraless contact negative of the stem of an Apiaceae Plant.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: 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.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1844
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 12(38)
Title:: [Urn from Lady Elisabeth's Rose Garden, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View in the grounds at Lacock with a close view of an urn on a plinth with a trellis arch at right. Chemistry float-applied on paper 174 x 223 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 27 Apr 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 12(48)
Title:: ['Trunk of Larch' supporting a basket, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Still Life Photography A tightly composed view of the base of a tree trunk with a basket propped against it to the left. Chemistry float-applied on paper 188 x 227 mm. For a discussion of this image, see Larry J. Schaaf, 'The Photographic Art of William Henry Fox Talbot' (Princeton Univ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 03 May 1840
Extent:: 1 item

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