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Talbot Photo 4(2)
- Record Id:
- 041-003304721
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-003304719
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035611201.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100133190552.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Talbot Photo 4(2)
- Title:
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Daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot. Photographer: Claudet, Antoine François Jean
- Scope & Content:
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Half-length portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot, wearing a top hat and with a monocle around his neck resting against his white waistcoat. He holds an open book in his right hand, while behind him is a studio backdrop of a landscape. Sixth-plate daguerreotype mounted in a navy leather case, with the Adelaide Gallery stamp embossed in gold on the cover, with a border around the edges and a singular side clasp. The interior of the case is lined with red velvet and has a brass mat with an oval opening
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Talbot Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003303408
040-003304719
041-003304721 - Is part of:
- Talbot Photo : Talbot Collection
Talbot Photo 4 : Talbot Collection: Daguerreotypes and glass plates. Photographer(s): Beard, Richard
Talbot Photo 4(2) : Daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot. Photographer: Claudet, Antoine François Jean - Hierarchy:
- 032-003303408[0005]/040-003304719[0002]/041-003304721
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Talbot Photo
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100133190552.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Daguerreotype
Photograph - Start Date:
- 1841
- End Date:
- 1845
- Date Range:
- Early 1840s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Appointment Required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Image dimensions: 65 mm x 53 mm. Case dimensions of case: 95 x 84 x 14 mm
Format: Bound in Volume
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- NT00861
- Publications:
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John Falconer and Louise Hide, Points of View. Capturing the 19th Century in Photographs (London: The British Library, 2009), p. 18.
The Origin of Photography: Great Britain, edited by the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (Tokyo, 2019), pl. 1_008
- Exhibitions:
- Points of View. Capturing the 19th Century in Photographs, British Library, 30 October 2009 - 7 March 2010
The Origin of Photography: Great Britain , Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, 5 March 2019 - 6 May 2019 - Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known