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Call Number:

PH-00036

Collection Name:

William Henry Fox Talbot Photography Collection

Creator:

Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)

No. of Items:

64 items

Span Dates:

1830s-1850s

Description:

William Henry Fox Talbot was an English gentleman scholar and inventor of photography. The collection comprises photograms and images of architecture, particularly Lacock Abbey. Photographs include photogenic drawings and salted-paper prints, also calotypes (paper negatives) and photoglyphic engravings. Time period represented late 1830s to late 1850s, with two modern prints made for the Royal Photographic Historical Society using Talbot’s methods during the centenary year of this death, 1977. Items include:

[Talbot loose prints] (964:0054:0001-0011, 0013-0031, 0033-0043, 0045-0058, 0061-0062, 0064);

Three photographic prints: Lacock Abbey 1840, March 21; Bust of Patroclus 1840, Feb. 29; [Treetop] 1841, Feb.
(974:0002:0001-0003);

Talbot Commemoration prints (“Photogenic Drawing” and “Leaves of Lacock” issued as supplements to the RPS Historical Group Newsletter for March and May 1977, respectively). (980:0030:0001-0002).

Access Restrictions:

Curatorial permission, plus advance notice, is required to access this light-sensitive collection. To make an appointment, please contact Reading and Viewing Room staff.

Location(s):

Curatorial permission required Talbot, W.H.F., Box 1 (964:0054:0001-0011, 0013-0014; 974:0002:0001-0003)
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Curatorial permission required Talbot, W.H.F., Box 2 (964:0054:0015-0031)
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Curatorial permission required Talbot, W.H.F., Box 3 (964:0054:0033-0043)
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Curatorial permission required Talbot, W.H.F., Box 4 (964:0054:0045; 980:0030:0001-0002)
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Curatorial permission required Talbot, W.H.F., Box 5 (964:0054:0046-0051)
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Curatorial permission required Talbot, W.H.F., Box 6 (964:0054:0052-0058, 0061-0062, 0064)
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Item(s):

964:0054:0001 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [Fern and jasmine], 1839. Photogenic drawing, 21.7 x 16.3 cm ; 8 1/2 x 6 2/5 in (irregular).

964:0054:0002 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [Muslin and lace], 1839.. Photogenic drawing, 22.7 x 18.3 cm ; 8 9/10 x 7 1/5 in .

964:0054:0003 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). At Lacock Abbey., April 9, 1840. Salted paper print, 16.8 x 21 cm ; 6 3/5 x 8 3/10 in .

964:0054:0004 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [Open carriage in the courtyard at Lacock Abbey]., April 17, 1840. Salted paper print, 17.6 x 21.6 cm ; 6 9/10 x 8 1/2 in .

964:0054:0005 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). Cloisters of Lacock Abbey, April 19, 1840.. Salted paper print, 17.4 x 22 cm ; 6 9/10 x 8 7/10 in .

964:0054:0006 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [Closed carriage with footman holding door], 1840.. Salted paper print, 21 x 16.3 cm ; 8 3/10 x 6 2/5 in .

964:0054:0007 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). Cloisters of Lacock Abbey [detail], 1840.. Salted paper print, 12.1 x 12.9 cm ; 4 4/5 x 5 1/10 in .

964:0054:0008 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). Scene at Lacock Abbey, 1840.. Salted paper print, 12.8 x 13.3 cm ; 5 x 5 1/5 in .

964:0054:0009 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). Lacock Abbey [courtyard exterior], May 22, 1840.. Salted paper print, 16.8 x 18.6 cm ; 6 3/5 x 7 3/10 in .

964:0054:0010 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). Lacock Abbey [top of octagan tower], 1840.. Salted paper print, 15 x 17.9 cm ; 5 9/10 x 7 in .

964:0054:0011 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). Scene at Lacock Abbey [trees], between 1839 and 1841. Salted paper print, 16.6 x 21.2 cm ; 6 1/2 x 8 3/10 in .

964:0054:0013 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). Lacock Abbey [exterior], 1841.. Salted paper print, 16.6 x 20.8 cm ; 6 1/2 x 8 1/5 in .

964:0054:0014 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [Muslin and lace], [1839?]. Photogenic drawing, 23 x 18.6 cm ; 9 1/10 x 7 3/10 in .

964:0054:0015 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [Lace], [1843?]. Photogenic drawing, 23 x 19 cm ; 9 1/10 x 7 1/2 in .

964:0054:0016 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). Courtyard, Lacock Abbey [exterior with man seated and man standing], [1841?]. Salted paper print with applied color, 16 x 19.8 cm ; 6 3/10 x 7 4/5 in .

964:0054:0017 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [House in Paris], 1843. Salted paper print, 16.8 x 17.3 cm ; 6 3/5 x 6 4/5 in .

964:0054:0018 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [The chess players], circa 1842. Salted paper print, 19.5 x 14.4 cm ; 7 7/10 x 5 7/10 in .

964:0054:0019 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). Stableyard in Talbotype, circa 1844. Salted paper print, 16.8 x 17.3 cm ; 6 3/5 x 6 4/5 in .

964:0054:0020 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). The Open Door [proof print], [1845?]. Salted paper print, 14.4 x 19.5 cm ; 5 7/10 x 7 7/10 in .

964:0054:0021 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [Engraving showing bridge and trees from Lacock Abbey], [1842?]. Photogenic drawing, 18 x 15.5 cm ; 7 1/10 x 6 1/10 in .

964:0054:0022 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [The cloisters at Lacock Abbey, with the Rev. Calvert Jones, seated], circa 1845. Salted paper print, 16.5 x 20.7 cm ; 6 1/2 x 8 1/10 in .

964:0054:0023 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [View of Yorkminster at street level], July, 1845.. Salted paper print, 16 x 20.3 cm ; 6 3/10 x 8 in .

964:0054:0024 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [Cathedral door], circa 1842. Salted paper print, 7 x 5.9 cm ; 2 4/5 x 2 3/10 in .

964:0054:0025 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [St. John's College Bridge], circa 1844. Salted paper print, 16.4 x 20.7 cm ; 6 1/2 x 8 1/10 in .

964:0054:0026 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [Clare Hall, Cambridge], circa 1842. Salted paper print, 7.2 x 9.5 cm ; 2 4/5 x 3 7/10 in .

964:0054:0027 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [Gate of Usk Castle, Monmouthshire], circa 1843. Salted paper print, 10 x 8.1 cm ; 3 9/10 x 3 1/5 in .

964:0054:0028 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [Wind Street, Swansea], circa 1844. Salted paper print, 16.8 x 21.5 cm ; 6 3/5 x 8 1/2 in .

964:0054:0029 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [Engraving of a landscape], circa 1844. Salted paper print, 21.2 x 17.4 cm ; 8 3/10 x 6 9/10 in .

964:0054:0030 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [Melrose Abbey--general view], June, 1846.. Salted paper print, 7.6 x 10.5 cm ; 3 x 4 1/10 in .

964:0054:0031 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [The chess players], June, 1846.. Salted paper print, 8.2 x 7 cm ; 3 1/5 x 2 4/5 in .

964:0054:0033 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [Architectural detail from Orleans Cathedral], June 1846.. Salted paper print, 16 x 20 cm ; 6 3/10 x 7 9/10 in .

964:0054:0034 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [Part of Queen's College, Oxford], June 1846.. Salted paper print, 15.8 x 20 cm ; 6 1/5 x 7 9/10 in .

964:0054:0035 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [A Scene in a Library], June, 1846.. Salted paper print, 13 x 17.7 cm ; 5 1/10 x 7 in .

964:0054:0036 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [Hall door, Abbotsford], June 1846.. Salted paper print, 16.6 x 20.9 cm ; 6 1/2 x 8 1/5 in .

964:0054:0037 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). Abbotsford, 1845.. Salted paper print, 14.7 x 21.6 cm ; 5 4/5 x 8 1/2 in .

964:0054:0038 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [Regency houses in Regent Street, London (or Bath)], June, 1846.. Salted paper print, 9.9 x 8.3 cm ; 3 9/10 x 3 3/10 in .

964:0054:0039 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [Deck of a warship], June 1846.. Salted paper print, 16.4 x 20.3 cm ; 6 1/2 x 8 in .

964:0054:0040 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [A neo-Gothic country house, entrance], circa 1845. Salted paper print, 15.5 x 20 cm ; 6 1/10 x 7 9/10 in .

964:0054:0041 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [A neo-Gothic church or chapel], circa 1845. Salted paper print, 15.8 x 19.8 cm ; 6 1/5 x 7 4/5 in .

964:0054:0042 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [English shops], circa 1841. Salted paper print, 13.4 x 17.5 cm ; 5 3/10 x 6 9/10 in .

964:0054:0043 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [St. George's Chapel at Windsor], [184-]. Salted paper print, 16.7 x 19.9 cm ; 6 3/5 x 7 4/5 in .

964:0054:0045 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). Fac-simile of an old printed page, June 1844 - April, 1846.. Salted paper print, 16.7 x 14.3 cm ; 6 3/5 x 5 3/5 in .

964:0054:0046 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [View of a country house], [184-]. Calotype, 13.2 x 16.9 cm ; 5 1/5 x 6 7/10 in .

964:0054:0047 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [Pediment of FitzWilliam Museum, Cambridge], [184-]. Calotype, 13.8 x 17.4 cm ; 5 2/5 x 6 9/10 in .

964:0054:0048 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [House and shed, possibly the building of the Reading establishment], [184-]. Calotype, 17.4 x 20 cm ; 6 9/10 x 7 9/10 in .

964:0054:0049 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [An eighteenth-century triumphal arch], [184-]. Calotype, 13.9 x 22.2 cm ; 5 1/2 x 8 7/10 in .

964:0054:0050 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [Palladian Bridge at Prior Park, Bath], [184-]. Calotype, 14.2 x 22.3 cm ; 5 3/5 x 8 4/5 in .

964:0054:0051 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [Landscape with trees and houses], [184-]. Calotype, 17.4 x 21.9 cm ; 6 9/10 x 8 3/5 in .

964:0054:0052 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [Court in the Alhambra, Granada], 1858.. Photoglyphic engraving, 6.8 x 7.1 cm ; 2 7/10 x 2 4/5 in .

964:0054:0053 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [View in Paris with Pont Neuf], 1858.. Photoglyphic engraving, 6.4 x 7 cm ; 2 1/2 x 2 4/5 in .

964:0054:0054 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [The broken bell at the Kremlin, Moscow], 1858.. Photoglyphic engraving, 6.5 x 7.2 cm ; 2 3/5 x 2 4/5 in .

964:0054:0055 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). Portal of St. Trophimus, Arles, July 14, 1866.. Photoglyphic engraving, 13.3 x 19 cm ; 5 1/5 x 7 1/2 in .

964:0054:0056 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). Church of St. Maurice at Vienne in France, July 12, 1866.. Photoglyphic engraving, 21.5 x 13.5 cm ; 8 1/2 x 5 3/10 in .

964:0054:0057 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [Acacia leaf], [185-]. Photoglyphic engraving, 10.2 x 7.2 cm ; 4 x 2 4/5 in .

964:0054:0058 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [Lace], [185-]. Photoglyphic engraving, 18.8 x 11.5 cm ; 7 2/5 x 4 1/2 in .

964:0054:0061 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). Bridge over the River Moldau, at Prague, Bohemia, November 12, 1858.. Photoglyphic engraving, 6.6 x 6.8 cm ; 2 3/5 x 2 7/10 in .

964:0054:0062 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). The New Louvre, Paris, November 12, 1858.. Photoglyphic engraving, 6.6 x 7 cm ; 2 3/5 x 2 4/5 in .

964:0054:0064 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). The Tuileries, September 16, 1859.. Photoglyphic engraving, 16.5 x 16.6 cm ; 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in .

974:0002:0001 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). Lacock Abbey [gate with trees]., March 21, 1840.. Salted paper print, 21.5 x 17.5 cm ; 8 1/2 x 6 9/10 in .

974:0002:0002 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). Bust of Patroclus., February 29, 1840.. Salted paper print, 15.7 cm ; 6 1/5 in .

974:0002:0003 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). [Treetop]., February, 1841.. Salted paper print, 15.3 x 17.3 cm ; 6 x 6 4/5 in (notched edges).

980:0030:0001 -- unidentified photographer. Photogenic Drawing made at Lacock Abbey on the Centenary of the death of William Henry Fox Talbot, 1800-1877, 1977.. photogenic drawing, .

980:0030:0002 -- unidentified photographer. A Photogenic Drawing--Commemoration of the Centenary of the death of W. H. Fox Talbot, 17th September 1877, 1977.. photogenic drawing, .

See Also:

The Pencil of Nature: The Pencil of Nature (PH-00848)

The Art-Union: The Art-Union: Monthly Journal of the Fine Arts (PH-02763)

The Photographic News: A Weekly Record of the Progress of Photography: The Photographic News: A Weekly Record of the Progress of Photography (PH-02764)

The Pencil of Nature: The Pencil of Nature (PH-00865)

Sun Pictures in Scotland: Sun Pictures in Scotland (PH-00866)

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