| Description | 1. "The father of modern photography": an account of the life of William Henry Fox Talbot.
2. Catalogue of prints of photographs of William Henry Fox Talbot (2).
3. Reproductions of Fox Talbot's photographs, on paper (2).
4. Article in "Photographic science and engineering" 1966 on Fox Talbot's earliest extant print.
5. Article in "Science" 1966 on the restoration of photographs by neutron activation.
6. 19 Nov 1940 Letter to Matilda Talbot from J Dudley Johnston of the Royal Photographic Society, returning Fox Talbot notebooks and expressing regret that some are missing and not likely to turn up. Includes a list of the missing notebooks.
7. 22 Jan 1936 Letter to Matilda Talbot from A J Bull, principal of the London County Council School of Photo Engraving and Lithography asking for the whereabouts of some items for a book on Fox Talbot's early etched plates.
8. 7 Feb 1951 Letter to Matilda Talbot from the National Maritime Museum returning a Fox Talbot negative.
9. 17 May 1935 Letter to Matilda Talbot from H H Blacklock of the Royal Photographic Society: he has learnt that Captain Feilding introduced Frauenhofer to Sir John Herschel and Fox Talbot.
10. 11 Dec 1951 Letter to Matilda Talbot from Eardley Knollys of the National Trust about a print to be made of the daguerreotypes of Fox Talbot. |