Notes and drafts, 1817-1944, n.d.
File
MS. WHF Talbot 147
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- Manuscript entitled 'A prayer in time of great thunder & lightening' by an unidentified author [late 18th-early 19th century] [possibly 1816?]
- Verse by unidentified opening 'Yes! There are hearts can brave the gloomiest frown', 1817
- Note by unidentified concerning a Runic inscription found on the west coast of Greenland - Jameson's Journal, Jul 1830, p. 193 cited as source, c. 1830
- Draft verse by unidentified on paper watermarked 1831
- Notes 'communicated by Sir T Phillips' on 'Carta Stephani de Davenport' in Middle Hill Library, 1833
- Verse by unidentified on Blacquiere's pension, n.d. [19th century]
- Verse opening 'And canst thou bid any heart forget', identified as being by [Thomas?] Moore, n.d. [19th century]
- Manuscript work written in French by unidentified, 'Venu de Ste Hélène d'une manierè in conmue', [19th century]
- Manuscript [copy?] from Sunday at Home 'The First Photograph' by S.R. Ricardo, an article on William Henry Fox Talbot's first paper photograph, Aug 1936
- Typescript 'Fox Talbot and Photomechanical Printing' from J.S. Martle, Historic Events in Photoengraving, 1944
- Manuscript, in French, 'Precis Historique' prepared for Institut de France by unidentified, n.d.
- A brief note stating 'Tergroras from Tregata? Miracles', n.d.
- Note on two [seals?] found at Lacock in 1854 and 1855, n.d.
- Four page typescript biography of William Henry Fox Talbot by unidentified, n.d.
- Typescript 'William Henry Fox Talbot, F.R.S. (1800-1877). Original Examples of his Discoveries in Photography and Photo-Engraving', n.d.
- Manuscript notes on Elizabeth Theresa Fox Strangways, with a manuscipt transcript of a 1799 letter from Sydney Smith to Mrs Beach concerning Davenport Talbot, n.d.
- Manuscript extracts by unidentified from the 1787-1790 diary of Elizabeth Theresa Fox Strangways, n.d.
- Typescript 'Extracts from a diary kept by Mlle. Amelina Petit du Billier 1827-1831' [includes some biographical information on Amelina], n.d.
- Manuscript story about Lord Howth by an unidentified author, n.d.
- Notes by an unidentified author on The Theory and Practice of Landscape Painting in Watercolours by George Barnard, n.d.
- List of books by an unidentified author, n.d.
- Mostly blank album made of various coloured papers with '[-] on the Psalms' written in an unknown hand on the pastedown and pencil notes on geological topics on two pages, n.d.
Dates
- Creation: 1817-1944, n.d.
Extent
1 box (2 folders)
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. WHF Talbot 147
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk