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Call Number:

PH-00865

Collection Name:

The Pencil of Nature

Creator:

Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)

No. of Items:

5 items

Span Dates:

1844-1846

Description:

Photographically illustrated book by William Henry Fox Talbot (English, 1800-1877) entitled The Pencil of Nature by William Henry Fox Talbot (London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1844-1846). This copy is incomplete, consisting of only the first of six sections, and containing only five mounted photographs. It is stamped: Gernsheim Collection; two leaves of typed manuscripts (an exhibition description?) are (laid in). Plate information follows.

964:0340:0001 -- Part of Queen's College, Oxford, published 1844. Salted paper print, 16 x 20 cm;
964:0340:0002 -- View of the boulevards at Paris, published 1844. Salted paper print, 16 x 21.3 cm;
964:0340:0003 -- Articles of china, published 1844. Salted paper print, 13.3 x 17.9 cm;
964:0340:0004 -- Articles of glass, published 1844. Salted paper print, 12.5 x 14.8 cm;
964:0340:0005 -- Bust of Patroclus, published 1844. Salted paper print, 13.5 x 12.7 cm.

Access Restrictions:

This light-sensitive album cannot be paged to the Reading and Viewing Room without curatorial permission. Facsimile available: q TR 144 T2 1989 HRC-P. For additional information, please contact the Curator of Photography.

Location(s):

Curatorial permission required f TR 144 T2 1844B HRC-P (964:0340:0001-0005)
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Item(s):

964:0340:0001 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). Part of Queen's College, Oxford., 1844.. Salted paper print, 16 x 20 cm ; 6 3/10 x 7 9/10 in .

964:0340:0002 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). View of the boulevards at Paris., 1844.. Salted paper print, 16 x 21.3 cm ; 6 3/10 x 8 2/5 in .

964:0340:0003 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). Articles of china., 1844.. Salted paper print, 13.3 x 17.9 cm ; 5 1/5 x 7 in .

964:0340:0004 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). Articles of glass, 1844.. Salted paper print, 12.5 x 14.8 cm ; 4 9/10 x 5 4/5 in .

964:0340:0005 -- Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877). Bust of Patroclus., 1844.. Salted paper print, 13.5 x 12.7 cm ; 5 3/10 x 5 in .

See Also:

William Henry Fox Talbot Photography Collection


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