[View of trees at Lacock.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Landscape Photography View of a tall tree in the grounds of Lady Elisabeth's garden, Lacock Abbey. Irregularly trimmed image. Chemistry float-applied on paper 185 x 228 mm. Image indistinct and faded.
[Needles of Spruce Fir.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography A cameraless photogenic drawing contact negative showing a random spread of spruce needles. Paper trimmed to size of image. For a discussion of this image, see Larry J. Schaaf, 'The Photographic Art of William Henry Fox Talbot' (Princeton University Press, Princeton and...
[Shoot and leaves of a plant.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography A cameraless photogenic drawing contact negative of a shoot, with leaves at three points along it, curling upwards and finishing in a terminal bud.
[Botanical specimen of three branches.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Still Life Photography A positive print of three branches of leaves. Considerable fading and staining. Chemistry float-applied on paper 79 x 133 mm.
[View from a window, (?)Lacock.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Landscape Photography An elevated view, possibly taken from a window at Lacock Abbey, looking across a lawn to distant trees. The image is extremely faint and not easy to decipher. Chemistry float-applied on paper 169 x 227 mm.