| Description | 1. 13 Dec 1899 from the editors of the Photogram concerning the proposed issue of a print from William Henry Fox Talbot's photogravure plates, each month's magazine to include a coupon and each collector of 12 coupons to receive a print. Handwritten postscript on the reverse of the letter expressing a desire to have issued a proof from one of Fox Talbot's plates with each copy but that this was precluded due to cost.
2. 14 Dec 1899 from the editors of the Photogram concerning the making of prints of Fox Talbot's blocks from plates currently held by Mr Brooker in Margaret Street.
3. 9 Jan 1900 from H Snowden Ward of the Photogram thanking Charles for a portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot, noting Charles' illness and confirming that he proposed to print 100 India proofs from each of the three photogravure plates for sale at 5s each with the proceeds to be devoted to the Fox Talbot Memorial Fund subject to Charles' approval. Postscript confirming that the editor of the Photographic Times of New York, who was republishing the Photogram's articles, had asked to be able to supply prints from plates supplied by Charles and asking for consent. The letter also asks for a dozen memorial pamphlets and confirmation of the secretary and treasurer of the Memorial Committee.
4. 11 Jan 1900 from the editors of the Photogram stating that receipt by the 19th or 20th of the month would be quite in time for enclosure to journals to whom the Photogram were writing to on the Talbot Centenary.
5. 19 Jan 1900 from the editors of the Photogram thanking Charles for a packet of circulars and confirming that the magazine would be writing to a number of literary and scientific journals enclosing a copy of the pamphlet.
6. 30 Jan 1900 from the editors of the Photogram hoping that Charles would recover from his illness and confirming that "a slip in the description of Mr Fox Talbot's work" in the Photogram would be corrected in the next issue.
7. 14 Feb 1900 from H Snowden Ward of the Photogram stating that unfortunately certain slides and plates were spoiled, apologising for errors in their article and enclosing press cuttings from the Times, the Daily Chronicle, the Electrician and the Nature discussing the merits of Fox Talbot and Daguerre in claiming the invention of photography and the proposed memorial to Fox Talbot at Lacock Church. The letter also confirms that H Snowden Ward had been asked by the Times for an article of 1200 words on Fox Talbot
8. 16 Feb 1900 from the editors of the Photogram confirming that copies of the Photogram requested by Charles had been sent, that calotype negatives had been sent to Mr Armstrong for printing including an iodide negative dated 1 May 1840 of a tea-table scene attributed by Miss Meteyard to Wedgewood, one of Lacock Abbey and a portrait subject.
9. 22 Feb 1900 from the editors of the Photogram enclosing a letter from J A Restall, jeweler, regarding the Fox Talbot memorial, the possible issue of a memorial medal and outlining his experience in such matters.
10. 28 Feb 1900 from H Snowden Ward of the Photogram thanking Charles for a long and detailed letter of 25 Mar 1900 and confirming that in preparation of an article on Niepce and Daguerre the Literary Gazette of 1839 had been consulted and that matters were omitted only due to limited space.
11. 1 Mar 1900 from the editors of the Photogram discussing the figure of Daguerre's pension and that Daguerre was involved in photographic experiment as early as 1824. Also in the envelope is a newspaper cutting from an unnamed newspaper but attributing a re-printed article to the Times on the claims of Fox Talbot and Daguerre to the invention of photography and advertising a fund for a memorial to Fox Talbot in the restoration of the chancel of Lacock Church.
12. 8 Mar 1900 from H Snowden Ward confirming that the successors to the lawyers who undertook William Henry Fox Talbot's case against Laroche were Busk, Mellor & Norris of 45 Lincoln's Inn Fields and that they held some papers relating to the proceedings. The letter further confirms that Busk, Mellor & Norris proposed to charge an unspecified fee for examining the papers but that the Photogram wished any fee to be specified in advance or that no fee should be charged as the access was for purely literary purposes with no financial reward and proposing an acknowledgement of the assistance of Buck, Mellor & Norris would suffice. The letter also requests from Charles a letter of authority addressed to Buck, Mellor & Norris allowing the Photogram to have access to the papers.
13. 30 Mar 1900 from H Snowden Ward apologising for a delay in answering letters from Charles and thanking for him for corrections to "the Fox Talbot copy". The letter further discusses the date of discovery of "the latent image" by Fox Talbot and whether the Reverend J B Reade took camera pictures as early as 1937 in which connection evidence from a photographer in Aylesbury who knew the Reverend J B Reade was being sought.
14. 12 Apr 1900 from the editors of the Photogram confirming that the May issue of the magazine would contain a portrait of Laroche and one or two specimens of his work and asking for a drawing or print of the Talbot coat of arms or other heraldic design connected with the family to form a decorative drawing around a proposed portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot.
15. 9 Aug 1900 from H Snowden Ward returning a photogram by William Henry Fox Talbot sent for "Photograms of 1900" (not in envelope) and confirming that they were using "the Dandelion Seed" as well.
16. 29 Aug 1900 from H Snowden Ward confirming a desire to put on record "…anything further that may come to light and that has bearing on the work of your Father...", that a reprint of the magazine's articles in book form could only be made at some loss but that he hoped to be able to eventually make such a permanent publication.
17. 7 Oct 1906 from J A Gotch enclosing three photographs (in the envelope), the garden front and the Mildmay Chimney of Apethorpe Hall and the Mildmay Monument in Apethorpe Church.
18. 1889 2 photos of Gate of Honour, Caius College, wrapped in newspaper.
19. Prints of Ludlow Castle (2) and one of the Chapelle of Guilaume Tell, together with 7 sketches and watercolours of various scenes. |