[The Chess Players.] Photographer: Claudet, Antoine François Jean
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso in ink: '2/6'. Genre: Portrait Photography One of three copies (prints 260-262) of this subject, showing two men seated at a table over a game of chess. The figure on the left, looking towards the camera, has been identified as the French photographer Antoine Cl...
Ancient Vestry, Lacock Abbey. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in ink, lower left of print: 'Ancient Vestry, Lacock Abbey' and on verso; '3/- 184'. Genre: Architectural Photography One of seven copies (prints 312-318) of this subject, a view of the ivy-covered cloisters with Talbot's friend and fellow calotypist, the Rev. Richard Ca...
[Reading Establishment Panorama, left half.] Photographer: Henneman, Nicolaas
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'I. HW [Intensified by Harold White]/ Talbot's Photographic Establishment at Reading about 1845-6' [in pencil]. Genre: Portrait Photography One of two copies (prints 353 and 354) of this subject, taken in the backyard by the glasshouse of the premises at Russel...
[Pont Neuf, Paris.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography A view from water level of the bridge under construction. In the foreground, two men stand in boats, the left arch of the bridge is blocked by scaffolding but through the right arch the Palais de Justice is visible. Waxed surface with chemistry floated on ...
Castle yard - Dublin. Photographer: Furlonge (Furlong), W. Holland
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Inscription: Castle yard - Dublin. Genre: Architectural Photography Sideways view taken from the Upper Castle Yard of Castle Hall and Cork Hill Gate. Chemistry float-applied on paper 215 x 175 mm. Watermarked 'J Whatman 1846'. Although this photograph has not been attributed to a particular ph...
The Bank - Dublin. Photographer: Furlonge (Furlong), W. Holland
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Inscription: The Bank - Dublin Genre: Architectural Photography View taken from an elevated vantage point of the curved section (possibly the eastern) of the Bank of Ireland, College Green. Chemistry float-applied on paper 167 x 211 mm. Watermarked 'J Whatman 1846'. Although this photograph ha...
[Malahide Castle, Dublin.] Photographer: Furlonge (Furlong), W. Holland
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Genre: Architectural Photography View taken from some distance across the grass lawn to the ivy-covered castle façade. Under the bay window, barely visible, a family play. Floated on paper 190 x 236 mm. Watermarked 'R Turner Chafford Mills 1842'. Although this photograph has not been attributed...
[Malahide Castle, Dublin.] Photographer: Furlonge (Furlong), W. Holland
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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. Chemistry float-applied on paper 153 x 214 mm. Although this photograph has not been attributed to a particular photographer, it is like...
[Bodleian Library, Oxford.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Stamped on verso: ' Patent/ Talbotype Photogenic Drawing'. Genre: Architectural Photography One of three copies (prints 203, 707 and 755) of this subject, a view taken in the School Quadrangle looking upwards towards the ornate entrance of the Bodleian Library. Trimmed print laid ...
The Bridge of Orleans. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Typewritten label on recto: 'The Bridge of Orleans, over the Loire.' and on verso: '3/6 Orleans Bridge/ 12' and patent label 'Patent/ Talbotype/ or/ Sun Pictures'. Genre: Landscape Photography Hand-coloured version of an angled view of the George V Bridge from the bank of the Loir...