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The Pencil of Nature

William Henry Fox Talbot

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 46 pages

The Pencil of Nature is a collection of essays with photographic plates published in the 1840s by William Henry Fox Talbot. It explains his early photographic process and presents views, objects, and architecture as examples. It offers a window into the beginnings of photography and Victorian life.

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1844 Title Page
The Pencil of Nature
H. Fox Talbot
Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London
1844

Contents
Introductory Remarks
Brief Historical Sketch of the Invention of the Art
PLATE I. PART OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD.
PLATE II. VIEW OF THE BOULEVARDS AT PARIS.
PLATE III. ARTICLES OF CHINA.
PLATE IV. ARTICLES OF GLASS.
PLATE V. BUST OF PATROCLUS.
PLATE VI. THE OPEN DOOR.
PLATE VII. LEAF OF A PLANT.
PLATE VIII. A SCENE IN A LIBRARY.
PLATE IX. FAC-SIMILE OF AN OLD PRINTED PAGE.
PLATE X. THE HAYSTACK.
PLATE XI. COPY OF A LITHOGRAPHIC PRINT.
PLATE XII. THE BRIDGE OF ORLEANS.
PLATE XIII. QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD.
PLATE XIV. THE LADDER.
PLATE XV. LACOCK ABBEY IN WILTSHIRE.
PLATE XVI. CLOISTERS OF LACOCK ABBEY.
PLATE XVII. BUST OF PATROCLUS.
PLATE XVIII. GATE OF CHRISTCHURCH.
PLATE XIX. THE TOWER OF LACOCK ABBEY
PLATE XX. LACE
PLATE XXI. THE MARTYRS' MONUMENT
PLATE XXII. WESTMINSTER ABBEY
PLATE XXIII. HAGAR IN THE DESERT.
PLATE XXIV. A FRUIT PIECE.

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PLATE I. PART OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD.
PLATE II. VIEW OF THE BOULEVARDS AT PARIS.
PLATE III. ARTICLES OF CHINA.
PLATE IV. ARTICLES OF GLASS.
PLATE V. BUST OF PATROCLUS.
PLATE VI. THE OPEN DOOR.
PLATE VII. LEAF OF A PLANT.
PLATE VIII. A SCENE IN A LIBRARY.
PLATE IX. FAC-SIMILE OF AN OLD PRINTED PAGE.
PLATE X. THE HAYSTACK.
PLATE XI. COPY OF A LITHOGRAPHIC PRINT.
PLATE XII. THE BRIDGE OF ORLEANS.
PLATE XIII. QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD, Entrance
Gateway
PLATE XIV. THE LADDER.
PLATE XV. LACOCK ABBEY IN WILTSHIRE.
PLATE XVI. CLOISTERS OF LACOCK ABBEY.
PLATE XVII. BUST OF PATROCLUS.
PLATE XVIII. GATE OF CHRISTCHURCH.
PLATE XIX. THE TOWER OF LACOCK ABBEY
PLATE XX. LACE
PLATE XXI. THE MARTYRS' MONUMENT
PLATE XXII. WESTMINSTER ABBEY
PLATE XXIII. HAGAR IN THE DESERT.
PLATE XXIV. A FRUIT PIECE.

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Contents

  1. Contents
  2. Illustrations
  3. Introductory Remarks
  4. Brief Historical Sketch of the Invention of the Art
  5. PLATE I. PART OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD.
  6. PLATE II. VIEW OF THE BOULEVARDS AT PARIS.
  7. PLATE III. ARTICLES OF CHINA.
  8. PLATE IV. ARTICLES OF GLASS.
  9. PLATE V. BUST OF PATROCLUS.
  10. PLATE VI. THE OPEN DOOR.
  11. PLATE VII. LEAF OF A PLANT.
  12. PLATE VIII. A SCENE IN A LIBRARY.
  13. PLATE IX. FAC-SIMILE OF AN OLD PRINTED PAGE.
  14. PLATE X. THE HAYSTACK.
  15. PLATE XI. COPY OF A LITHOGRAPHIC PRINT.
  16. PLATE XII. THE BRIDGE OF ORLEANS.
  17. PLATE XIII. QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD. ENTRANCE GATEWAY.
  18. PLATE XIV. THE LADDER.
  19. PLATE XV. LACOCK ABBEY IN WILTSHIRE.
  20. PLATE XVI. CLOISTERS OF LACOCK ABBEY.
  21. PLATE XVII. BUST OF PATROCLUS.
  22. PLATE XVIII. GATE OF CHRISTCHURCH.
  23. PLATE XIX. THE TOWER OF LACOCK ABBEY
  24. PLATE XX. LACE
  25. PLATE XXI. THE MARTYRS' MONUMENT
  26. PLATE XXII. WESTMINSTER ABBEY
  27. PLATE XXIII. HAGAR IN THE DESERT.
  28. PLATE XXIV. A FRUIT PIECE.

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