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Call Number:

PH-00848

Collection Name:

The Pencil of Nature

Creator:

Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)

No. of Items:

24 items

Span Dates:

1844

Description:

Photographically illustrated book by William Henry Fox Talbot (English, 1800-1877) entitled The Pencil of Nature (London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1844). The book consists of 80 pages and is illustrated with 24 leaves of plates. It contains the armorial bookplate of Charles, Marquis of Northampton; handwritten notations signed by Helmut Gernsheim; and is stamped: Gernsheim Collection. Plate information follows.

964:0309:0001 -- Part of Queen's College, Oxford. Salted paper print;
964:0309:0002 -- View of the boulevards at Paris. Salted paper print, 16.0 x 21.3 cm;
964:0309:0003 -- Articles of china. Salted paper print, 13.6 x 18.2 cm;
964:0309:0004 -- Articles of glass. Salted paper print, 12.5 x 15.1 cm;
964:0309:0005 -- Bust of Patroclus [front view]. Salted paper print, 13.7 x 12.7 cm;
964:0309:0006 -- The open door. Salted paper print, 14.2 x 19.3 cm;
964:0309:0007 -- Leaf of a plant. Salted paper print, 22.2 x 18 cm;
964:0309:0008 -- A scene in a library. Salted paper print, 13.0 x 17.9 cm;
964:0309:0009 -- Fac-simile of an old printed page. Salted paper print, 16.5 x 14.2 cm;
964:0309:0010 -- The haystack. Salted paper print, 16.1 x 20.5 cm;
964:0309:0011 -- Copy of a lithographic print. Salted paper print, 14.8 x 19.5 cm (irregular);
964:0309:0012 -- The Bridge of Orleans. Salted paper print, 14.9 x 20.4 cm;
964:0309:0013 -- Queen's College Oxford, entrance gateway. Salted paper print, 17.2 x 21 cm;
964:0309:0014 -- The ladder. Salted paper print, 16.9 x 18 cm;
964:0309:0015 -- Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire. Salted paper print, 15.2 x 20.3 cm;
964:0309:0016 -- Cloisters of Lacock Abbey. Salted paper print, 16 x 20.3 cm;
964:0309:0017 -- Bust of Patroclus [side view]. Salted paper print, 14.7 x 14.2 cm;
964:0309:0018 -- Gate of Christchurch. Salted paper print, 16.6 x 17.8 cm;
964:0309:0019 -- The Tower of Lacock Abbey. Salted paper print, 16.7 x 19.9 cm;
964:0309:0020 -- Lace. Salted paper print, 16 x 21.4 cm;
964:0309:0021 -- The Martyrs' Monument. Salted paper print, 20.4 x 14.1 cm (notched edges);
964:0309:0022 -- Westminster Abbey. Salted paper print, 16 x 18 cm (notched edges);
964:0309:0023 -- Hagar in the desert. Salted paper print, 17.8 x 22 cm (notched edges);
964:0309:0024 -- A fruit piece. Salted paper print, 16.3 x 19.6 cm.

Accession No(s):

964:0309:0001-0024; Purchase, 1963

Location(s):

Curatorial permission required f TR 144 T2 1844 HRC-P (964:0309:0001-0024)
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Item(s):
Artist/Maker Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)
Title Part of Queen's College, Oxford.
Date June, 1844
Medium Salted paper print
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0309:0001
Artist/Maker Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)
Title View of the boulevards at Paris.
Date June, 1844
Medium Salted paper print
Dimensions 16 x 21.3 cm; 6 3/10 x 8 2/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0309:0002
Artist/Maker Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)
Title Articles of china.
Date June, 1844 - April, 1846.
Medium Salted paper print
Dimensions 13.6 x 18.2 cm; 5 2/5 x 7 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0309:0003
Artist/Maker Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)
Title Articles of glass.
Date June, 1844 - April, 1846.
Medium Salted paper print
Dimensions 12.5 x 15.1 cm; 4 9/10 x 5 9/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0309:0004
Artist/Maker Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)
Title Bust of Patroclus [front view].
Date June, 1844 - April, 1846.
Medium Salted paper print
Dimensions 13.7 x 12.7 cm; 5 2/5 x 5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0309:0005
Artist/Maker Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)
Title The open door.
Date June, 1844 - April, 1846.
Medium Salted paper print
Dimensions 14.2 x 19.3 cm; 5 3/5 x 7 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0309:0006
Artist/Maker Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)
Title Leaf of a plant.
Date June, 1844 - April, 1846.
Medium Photogenic drawing
Dimensions 22.2 x 18 cm; 8 7/10 x 7 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0309:0007
Artist/Maker Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)
Title A scene in a library.
Date June, 1844 - April, 1846.
Medium Salted paper print
Dimensions 13 x 17.9 cm; 5 1/10 x 7 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0309:0008
Artist/Maker Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)
Title Fac-simile of an old printed page.
Date June, 1844 - April, 1846.
Medium Salted paper print
Dimensions 16.5 x 14.2 cm; 6 1/2 x 5 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0309:0009
Artist/Maker Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)
Title The haystack.
Date June, 1844 - April, 1846.
Medium Salted paper print
Dimensions 16.1 x 20.5 cm; 6 3/10 x 8 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0309:0010
Artist/Maker Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)
Title Copy of a lithographic print.
Date June, 1844 - April, 1846.
Medium Salted paper print
Dimensions 14.8 x 19.5 cm; 5 4/5 x 7 7/10 in (irregular)
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0309:0011
Artist/Maker Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)
Title The Bridge of Orleans.
Date June, 1844 - April, 1846.
Medium Salted paper print
Dimensions 14.9 x 20.4 cm; 5 9/10 x 8 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0309:0012
Artist/Maker Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)
Title Queen's College Oxford, entrance gateway.
Date June, 1844 - April, 1846.
Medium Salted paper print
Dimensions 17.2 x 21 cm; 6 4/5 x 8 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0309:0013
Artist/Maker Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)
Title The ladder.
Date June, 1844 - April, 1846.
Medium Salted paper print
Dimensions 16.9 x 18 cm; 6 7/10 x 7 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0309:0014
Artist/Maker Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)
Title Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire.
Date June, 1844 - April, 1846.
Medium Salted paper print
Dimensions 15.2 x 20.3 cm; 6 x 8 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0309:0015
Artist/Maker Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)
Title Cloisters of Lacock Abbey.
Date June, 1844 - April, 1846.
Medium Salted paper print
Dimensions 16 x 20.3 cm; 6 3/10 x 8 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0309:0016
Artist/Maker Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)
Title Bust of Patroclus [side view].
Date June, 1844 - April, 1846.
Medium Salted paper print
Dimensions 14.7 x 14.2 cm; 5 4/5 x 5 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0309:0017
Artist/Maker Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)
Title Gate of Christchurch.
Date June, 1844 - April, 1846.
Medium Salted paper print
Dimensions 16.6 x 17.8 cm; 6 1/2 x 7 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0309:0018
Artist/Maker Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)
Title The Tower of Lacock Abbey.
Date June, 1844 - April, 1846.
Medium Salted paper print
Dimensions 16.7 x 19.9 cm; 6 3/5 x 7 4/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0309:0019
Artist/Maker Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)
Title Lace.
Date June, 1844 - April, 1846.
Medium Photogenic drawing
Dimensions 16 x 21.4 cm; 6 3/10 x 8 2/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0309:0020
Artist/Maker Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)
Title The Martyrs' Monument.
Date June, 1844 - April, 1846.
Medium Salted paper print
Dimensions 20.4 x 14.1 cm; 8 x 5 3/5 in (notched edges)
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0309:0021
Artist/Maker Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)
Title Westminster Abbey.
Date June, 1844 - April, 1846.
Medium Salted paper print
Dimensions 16 x 18 cm; 6 3/10 x 7 1/10 in (notched edges)
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0309:0022
Artist/Maker Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)
Title Hagar in the desert.
Date June, 1844 - April, 1846.
Medium Salted paper print
Dimensions 17.8 x 22 cm; 7 x 8 7/10 in (notched edges)
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0309:0023
Artist/Maker Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800 - 1877)
Title A fruit piece.
Date June, 1844 - April, 1846.
Medium Salted paper print
Dimensions 16.3 x 19.6 cm; 6 2/5 x 7 7/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0309:0024

See Also:

William Henry Fox Talbot Photography Collection