Diminished copy of a lithographic print [After Louis Léopold Boilly (1761-1845), "Réunion de trente-cinq têtes diverses", c. 1820s. Variant of "The Pencil of Nature", Plate XI]
MS. 21088 photogr. 4, item 6
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Diminished copy of a lithographic print [After Louis Léopold Boilly (1761-1845), "Réunion de trente-cinq têtes diverses", c. 1820s. Variant of "The Pencil of Nature", Plate XI]
Shelfmark
MS. 21088 photogr. 4, item 6
Summary
The lithograph that Talbot photographed was by Godefroy Engelmann (1788-1839), after the original work by Louis Léopold Boilly (1761-1845), "Réunion de trente-cinq têtes diverses", c. 1820s. An original lithograph is held at Yale University Art Gallery.
Along the lower edge of the album page, written in ink, the image is captioned "Diminished from a very large French Print".
The reverse of the album leaf is blank.
Date
n.d.
Language
English
Physical facet
Artifact type: Salted Paper Print; Process type: Calotype; Type: Print in album
Physical extent
1 item
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Collection contents
Horatia Gaisford's Collection of Talbot Photographic Materials and Ephemera
Photograph album
Diminished copy of a lithographic print [After Louis Léopold Boilly (1761-1845), "Réunion de trente-cinq têtes diverses", c. 1820s. Variant of "The Pencil of Nature", Plate XI]
