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

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 1(156)
Title:: [Copy of the Title Page of 'Le Antichita Dei Contorni Di Roma' by Luigi Rossini.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Waxed photogenic drawing contact negative of the title page with an illustration of a classical sculpture in the centre of the page.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Early 1840s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 16(6)
Title:: The Tomb of Sir Walter Scott, in Dryburgh Abbey. Taken late, in an autumnal evening. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Letterpress caption label at bottom right of mount, also inscribed in ink: 'H.F.T. Octr. 1844'. Genre: Architectural Photography An exterior view of part of the abbey containing Scott's tomb, somewhat faded. Also published as plate 13 of Talbot's 'Sun Pictures in Scotland.' Paper ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 25 Oct 1844
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 88942
Title:: The Papers of William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877)
Scope & Content:: The British Library collection contains notebooks, letters, photographs, diaries, unbound Assyriological and mathematical folios, natural specimens in herbaria, offprints of Talbot’s articles, patents, artefacts and a small selection of books from Talbot’s library. Whilst the covering dates of...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Akkadian, Arabic, Coptic, Cypriot, Danish, Dutch, Egyptian (Ancient), English, French, Gaelic, German, German, Middle High, Germanic languages, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Indo-European languages, Irish, Italian, Latin, Pashto, Persian, Persian, Old, Sanskrit, Spanish, Swedish, Syriac, Turkish, Ottoman, and Welsh
Date Range:: 1732-1952
Extent:: 849 files

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 88942/1
Title:: William Henry Fox Talbot: Notebooks and loose notes
Scope & Content:: Talbot's notebooks testify to his wide-ranging intellectual and practical scientific interests, which extended far beyond pioneering photographic research and invention to encompass research in mathematics, optics, astronomy, botany, horticulture, Assyriology, philology, and many associated aven...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Akkadian, Arabic, Coptic, Cypriot, Danish, Dutch, Egyptian (Ancient), English, French, Gaelic, German, German, Middle High, Germanic languages, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Indo-European languages, Irish, Italian, Latin, Pashto, Persian, Persian, Old, Sanskrit, Spanish, Swedish, Syriac, Turkish, Ottoman, and Welsh
Date Range:: 1778-1877
Extent:: 386 folders

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