Early WHF Talbot photographs, 1840-1844, n.d.
File
MS. WHF Talbot photogr. 2
Comprises early photographs by William Henry Fox Talbot:
- Waxed salt print of The Taylorian, Oxford, 25 April 1840 [LA2116, Schaaf 1910]
- Salt print copies of two prints printed onto one sheet with a watermark: 'J Whatman Turkey Mill 1840'
- Salt print from a calotype negative of an oak tree in winter, negative corners clipped, 1842-1843 [LA226, Schaaf 1981]
- Salt print from a paper negative of a lace border (cut out to make a mask), 1844 [Schaaf 4598] [this is the original of Schaaf 4581 which is part of an elaborate printing of a statuette of Rape of the Sabines]
- Paper contact negative copy of a printed title, 'Imitation of printing', early to mid 1840s [Schaaf 685]
- Varnished salt print from a calotype negative of the house Mt. Edgcumbe, with two faint figures, mid 1840s [LA257, Schaaf 1353]
- Salt print of articles of china on four shelves (the same as in Talbot's book Pencil of Nature plate III) [LA3, Schaaf 68]
- Salt print of the entrance of Queen's College, Oxford, corners trimmed, mounted onto modern board, n.d. (same image as Talbot's Pencil of Nature plate XIII [LA13, Schaaf 1574]
- Salt print of Sion, Switzerland 'diminished from an engraving', mounted on card, n.d. [Schaaf 1687]
- Salt print attributed to William Henry Fox Talbot, a copy of an exhibition label for C. Geerts, Louvain, item 450, severely trimmed, possibly from the Great Exhibition?, n.d.
- Salt print of Oxford High Street, n.d. [LA113, Schaaf 1005]
Dates
- 1840-1844, n.d.
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
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Shelfmark
MS. WHF Talbot photogr. 2
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk