Search our collection

View:

Filter search

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

Copy of a print 'The Virgin and Child'

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

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

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

Photographically illustrated book by John Thomson and the Autotype Company: 'Illustrations of China and its People'. Published in four volumes by Sampson, Low, Marston, Low and Searle, 1873-1874. Contains approximately two hundred collotype reproductions of Thomson's photographs with letterpress descriptions of the places and people represented.

Illustrations of China and its People

1873-1874

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

A photograph of the House of Sallust with Vesuvius in the background, Pompeii, Italy, Spring 1846 by Calvert Richard Jones.

House of Sallust with Vesuvius in the background, Pompeii, Italy, Spring 1846

1846

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

Buildings (2 calotypes) on one mount.

Calotypes

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

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

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

Four Calotypes of Leaves and a Bird On Single Mount

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

Villa Reale, Naples

30 May 1846

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

Haystack and Broom Outside Door

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

Cover of 'Sun Pictures in Scotland'

1845

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

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

Calotypes - Queen's College, Oxford; and another, on one mount of Queens College.

Queen's College, Oxford

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.

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

Christ Church, Oxford

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

Cover for 'Pencil of Nature' Part V

1845-12

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

Alonso Cano: Madonna and child, calotype photograph by Nicolaas Henneman, about 1847. Spanish artist, sculptor and architect (1601-1667).

Alonso Cano: Madonna and child

1847

Diego Velasquez, Portrait of the Infanta Margarita Maria (from a drawing by James R Swinton)', calotype photographed by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Inscribed '32' in pencil. 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

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

Murillo: Holy Family, known as that of the Little Bird (from a lithograph)', calotype photographed by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Print from a trimmed negative. Print 51 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: Holy Family

1847-08-31

Diego Velasquez: The Family of Velasquez (from engraving by Kovatsch)', calotype photographed by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Print 34 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: The Family of Velasquez (from engraving by Kovatsch)'

1847-08-31

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: Isabella of Bourbon, his first Queen', calotype photograph by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Plate 27 in 'Annals of the Artist in Spain'. 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: Isabella of Bourbon

1847-08-31

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

Calotype, overpainted in watercolours by Calvert Richard Jones. Undated, c.1846. On the Mote, Naples

On the Mote, Naples

circa 1846

Results per page: