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Bust of Patroclus

Bust of Patroclus

1841-1845

The Reading Establishment Panorama (Right Half)

The Reading Establishment Panorama (Right Half)

1845-1847

Cloud Study

Cloud Study

1850-1860

Bound Volume With Embossed Gilt 'Album' on Cover

Bound Volume With Embossed Gilt 'Album' on Cover

Diego Velasquez: Portrait of Philip IV'

Diego Velasquez: Portrait of Philip IV'

1847-08-31

Juan De Yciar: His Portrait (1550)', calotype photographed by Nicolaas Henneman about 1847. Caligrapher Juan de Iciar (c 1523 - died after 1570) or Yciar, also known by the nickname of 'El Vizcaino', is considered to be the first to use printing and engraving techniques in Spain. Plate 2 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848.

Juan De Yciar: His Portrait (1550)'

Impressions of an engraving and of lace (made by direct contact) and negative and positive photomicrograph on one mount, (calotypes).

Impressions Of An Engraving And Of Lace

Diego Velasquez: His wife, Juana Pacheco (from a lithograph)', calotype photographed by Nicolaas Henneman 31 August 1847. Print from trimmed negative. Plate 24 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Spainsh painter Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (baptised 1599 - 1660) was a leading artist at the court of the Spainsh King Philip IV.

Diego Velasquez: His wife

1847-08-31

Second of two calotype prints, Capuchin Monks, Valenta (Valletta?), Malta, Rev Richard Calvert Jones, 1846. 'No 8, Capucin Friars, Second View'.

Capuchin Friars, Valenta, Malta

1846

Calotype postiive, copy of 'The Virgin and Child', photographed by Nicolaas Henneman, about 1847.

Copy of a print 'The Virgin and Child'

Salt print from Calotype (paper negative) of the left hand side of a two part panorama of, ‘The Reading establishment’, photographed by William Henry Fox Talbot and Nicolaas Henneman in 1846

The Reading Establishment Panorama (Left Half)

1845-1847

Murillo: St Francis (from an etching by Murillo)', calotype photographed by Nicolaas Henneman 31 August 1847. Printed from trimmed negative. Plate 58 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Spanish artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682).

Murillo: St Francis (from an etching by Murillo)'

1847-08-31

Volume 1 of photographically illustrated book by John Thomson and the Autotype Company: 'Illustrations of China and its People'. One of four published volumes by Sampson, Low, Marston, Low and Searle, 1873-1874.

Volume 1 'Illustrations of China and its People'

1873-1874

Calotype negative copy of print 'Hagar in the Desert', photographed by William Herny Fox Talbot, March 1844. Hypo fixed. Variant of Plate XXIII from 'The Pencil of Nature'.

Hagar in the Desert

1844-03

Luis Tristan: Head Supposed to be his Portrait (from a Drawing by William Barclay)', calotype photograph by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Print from an uncropped negative. Print 11 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Luis Tristán de Escamilla (1586–1624), also known as Luis Rodríguez Tristán, was a Spanish painter.

Luis Tristan: Head Supposed to be his Portrait (from a Drawing by William Barclay)'

1847-08-31

Calotype copy of a print 'Las Hilanderas' (The Spinners), by Velasquez, photographed by Nicolaas Henneman 31 August 1847. Spainsh painter Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (baptised 1599 - 1660) was a leading artist at the court of the Spainsh King Philip IV.

Copy of 'Las Hilanderas' by Velasquez

1847-08-31

Calotypes - Christ Church, Oxford; and another, on one mount.

Christ Church, Oxford

Photogenic drawing, negative salt print of a single leaf, by William Henry Fox Talbot, about 1843. For positive of same image see 1937-2005.

Paper negative made from leaf

1840-1845

Calotype negative copy of print 'Hagar in the Desert', photographed by William Herny Fox Talbot, March 1844. Variant of Plate XXIII from 'The Pencil of Nature'.

Hagar in the Desert

1844-03

Josef de Ribera: Etching of Don Juan of Austria', calotype photographed by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Print 37 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Print from untrimmed negative. Spanish painter and printmaker José de Ribera (1591-1652), also known as Jusepe de Ribera, Giuseppe Ribera or 'Lo Spagnoletto' (The Little Spaniard).

Josef de Ribera: Etching of Don Juan of Austria'

1847-08-31

Luis Tristan: Head Supposed to be his Portrait (from a Drawing by William Barclay)', calotype photograph by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Print from an uncropped negative. Print 11 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Luis Tristán de Escamilla (1586–1624), also known as Luis Rodríguez Tristán, was a Spanish painter.

Luis Tristan: Head Supposed to be his Portrait (from a Drawing by William Barclay)'

1847-08-31

Volume 4 of photographically illustrated book by John Thomson and the Autotype Company: 'Illustrations of China and its People'. One of four published volumes by Sampson, Low, Marston, Low and Searle, 1873-1874.

Volume 4 'Illustrations of China and its People'

1873-1874

Volume 2 of photographically illustrated book by John Thomson and the Autotype Company: 'Illustrations of China and its People'. One of four published volumes by Sampson, Low, Marston, Low and Searle, 1873-1874.

Volume 2 'Illustrations of China and its People'

1873-1874

Ponte Vecchio, Florence; and Temple of Vesta, Rome, (2 calotypes) on one mount.

Ponte Vecchio, Florence and Temple of Vesta

Calotype postive, copy of a lithographic print of a crowd scene, photographed by William Henry Fox Talbot, May 1844.

Copy of a Lithographic Print of a Crowd Scene

1844-05

Calotype copy of a print of boys playing at soldiers by Goya, photographed by Nicolaas Henneman, about 1845. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828), Spanish painter and printmaker.

Copy of a print by Goya, Boys Playing At Soldiers

Diego Velasquez, Portrait of the Infanta Margarita Maria (from a drawing by James R Swinton)', calotype photographed by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Print 32 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Spainsh painter Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (baptised 1599 - 1660) was a leading artist at the court of the Spainsh King Philip IV.

Diego Velasquez

1847-08-31

Buildings (2 calotypes) on one mount.

Calotypes

Calotype print by Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot, titled 'Villa Reale, Naples', 30 May 1846.

Villa Reale, Naples

30 May 1846

4 calotypes of leaves and engraving of bird (including one negative) on one mount.

Four Calotypes of Leaves and a Bird On Single Mount

Positive salt print from a calotype negative, hypo fixed, of Windsor Castle, the Round Tower, by Talbot, William Henry Fox Talbot.

Windsor Castle, Round Tower

Cover for 'Sun Pictures in Scotland' by William Henry Fox Talbot, 1845.

Cover of 'Sun Pictures in Scotland'

1845

Salt print portrait of Nicolaas Henneman reading a book, seated in the cloisters at Lacock Abbey, photographed by William Herny Fox Talbot, July 1842. Hypo fixed. Inscribed in pencil 'E9' on reverse.

Nicolaas Henneman Reading in the Cloisters at Lacock Abbey

1842-07

Juan Herrera: General view of San Lorenzo del Escorial', calotype photograph by Nicolaas Henneman 31 August 1847. Printed after negative trimmed. Plate 6 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Juan Herrera (1530-1597) was a Spanish architect and mathematician.

Juan Herrera: General view of San Lorenzo del Escorial'

1847-08-31

Calotype postive copy of print 'Hagar in the Desert', photographed by William Herny Fox Talbot, March 1844. Variant of plate XXIII from 'The Pencil of Nature'. Inscribed '23' in pencil on reverse.

Hagar in the Desert

1844-03

Calotypes - 2 views at Lacock Abbey (hay stack and broom outside door) on one mount.

Haystack and Broom Outside Door

9 calotype portraits on one mount.

Nine Calotype Portraits on One Mount

Bound copy of 'Sun Pictures in Scotland', 1845. Printed title with motto from Virgil, page with list of plates and twenty three mounted calotypes. The book was issued to subscribers. The twenty-three images were taken by Talbot on a tour of sites and locations most connected with novelist Sir Walter Scott. The calotypes include images of Edinburgh, Scott's house at Abbotsford, Loch Katrine, Melrose, Doune Castle, Dryburgh Abbey (site of Scott's tomb) etc.

Sun Pictures in Scotland

1845

Juan Martínez Montañés: Our Lord And St John The Baptist', bas relief, calotype photographed by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Plate 13 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Spainsh sculptor Juan Martínez Montañés (1568-1649), known as 'el Dios de la Madera' (the God of Wood).

Juan Martínez Montañés: Our Lord And St John The Baptist'

1847-08-31

Photogenic drawings, three positive salt prints of a single leaf, by William Henry Fox Talbot, about 1843. For negative of same image see 1937-2003.

Three photogenic drawings of leaf

1840-1845

Juan Martinez Montanes: Santa Teresa de Jesus', calotype photograph by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Plate 14 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Juan Martínez Montañés (1568-1649), known as 'el Dios de la Madera' (the God of Wood).

Juan Martinez Montanes: Santa Teresa de Jesus'

1847-08-31

Calotypes - 2 views at Lacock Abbey (showing figures) on one mount.

Two Views at Lacock Abbey

Calotypes - 2 views at Lacock Abbey on one mount.

Two Views at Lacock Abbey

Colosseum, Rome (2 calotypes) on one mount.

Colosseum, Rome (2 calotypes) on one mount.

St. Peter's, Rome; and bridge and castle of St. Angelo, Rome, (2 calotypes) on one mount.

St Peter's and Castle of St Angelo, Rome

Wrapper cover for 'Pencil of Nature' Part V, published December 1845.

Cover for 'Pencil of Nature' Part V

1845-12

Calotype, copies of four prints, photographed by William Henry Fox Talbot, 31 August 1847. Plates 28, 42, 52 and 61 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848.

Copies of four prints from 'Annals of the Artist in Spain'

1847-08-31

Calotype copy of a print of boys playing on a see-saw by Goya, photographed by Nicolaas Henneman, about 1845. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828), Spanish painter and printmaker.

Copy of a print by Goya, Boys Playing on a See-Saw

1844-1846

Diego Velasquez: The Surrender of the Keys of Breda…1625 (From a Lithograph)', calotype photograph by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Plate 30 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Print from a trimmed negative. Spainsh painter Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (baptised 1599 - 1660) was a leading artist at the court of the Spainsh King Philip IV.

Diego Velasquez: The Surrender of the Keys of Breda…1625 (From a Lithograph)'

1847-08-31

Calotype copy of a print of boys playing on a see-saw by Goya, photographed by Nicolaas Henneman, about 1845. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828), Spanish painter and printmaker.

Copy of a print by Goya, Boys Playing on a See-Saw

1844-1846

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