Gable of Dormitory. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed in pencil on verso: 'Gable of Dormitory/ June 21, 1840'. A photogenic camera negative showing an oblique angle of the exterior of the servants' quarters, which is the outer northern section of the stable yard block. The view is taken from near the rear of the clock tower facing an eas...
[Constance Talbot.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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One of the earliest portraits using the calotype process and depicts the head and shoulders of Talbot's wife facing three quarters to the left, she wears a lace pelerine and a dark beaded necklace. The photograph was taken at 5 in the afternoon and without sun. This print is particularly light s...
[Constance Talbot.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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One of the earliest portraits using the calotype process and depicts the head and shoulders of Talbot's wife facing three quarters to the left, she wears a lace pelerine and a dark beaded necklace. The photograph was taken at 5 in the afternoon and without sun. This print is particularly light s...
Cloisters [Lacock Abbey]. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscribed in pencil on verso: '19 April /40 / Cloisters/ (loop)W17'. A photogenic camera negative of the view across the cloister courtyard, possibly towards the north-east corner, a small section of a perpendicular traceried arch is visible but the rest of the architectural detailing has been ...
Part of Queen's College, Oxford. Photographer: Henneman, Nicolaas
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Genre: Architectural Photography One of four copies (prints 1-4) of this subject, a view looking north from the High Street towards Queen's College, with the Church of St Peter-in-the-East under scaffolding in the background. This appears to be a replacement, possibly taken by Nicolaas Henneman...
Part of Queen's College, Oxford. Photographer: Henneman, Nicolaas
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Genre: Architectural Photography One of four copies (prints 1-4) of this subject, a view looking north from the High Street towards Queen's College, with the Church of St Peter-in-the-East under scaffolding in the background. This appears to be a replacement, possibly taken by Nicolaas Henneman...
Part of Queen's College, Oxford. Photographer: Henneman, Nicolaas
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Genre: Architectural Photography The least faded of four copies (prints 1-4) of this subject, a view looking north from the High Street towards Queen's College, with the Church of St Peter-in-the-East under scaffolding in the background. This appears to be a replacement, possibly taken by Nicol...
Part of Queen's College, Oxford. Photographer: Henneman, Nicolaas
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Genre: Architectural Photography One of four copies (prints 1-4) of this subject, a view looking north from the High Street towards Queen's College, with the Church of St Peter-in-the-East under scaffolding in the background. This appears to be a replacement, possibly taken by Nicolaas Henneman...
Leaf of a Plant. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography One of four copies (prints 24-26 and 697) of this subject, a direct cameraless image of the trifoliate stem of a fern-like plant, against a plain background. Chemistry float-applied on paper 229 x 185 mm. Original negative at Talbot Photo 1 (3). Also published as ...
The Bridge of Orleans. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography One of six copies (prints 40-45) of this subject, a view looking across the Loire towards the George V Bridge, with the town and Cathedral of Sainte-Croix on the skyline beyond. Chemistry brush-applied to paper 187 x 231 mm. Also published as plate 12 of...