Research Catalog

Title

Photoglyphic engravings and other photomechanical prints presented to William Crookes [graphic] / William Henry Fox Talbot ; with 3 additional prints by Paul Pretsch and Adolphe-Pierre Riffaut and Pauline Riffaut.

Author

Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800-1877.

Publication

ca. 1852-ca. 1858.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Pretsch, Paul, 1808-1873.
• Riffaut, Adolphe Pierre, 1821-1859.
• Clouzard, Athanase, 1820-1903.
• Soulier, Charles, approximately 1840-approximately 1876.
• Frith, Francis.
• Riffaut, Pauline.
• Brooker, Thomas, 1813-1885.
• Crookes, William, 1832-1919.
• Boni, Albert, 1892-1981.
• Clouzard et Soulier. pht
• Patent Photo-Galvanographic Company. pop
• Great Britain. Patent Office. Letters patent to William Henry Fox Talbot ... for the invention of "improvements in the art of engraving."

Description

19 photomechanical prints : photographic engraving, photoglyphic engraving, photogalvanograph, heliographic engraving, b&w; 26 x 17 cm. +

Summary

• Collection comprises 7 photoglyphic engravings by Talbot; 9 photographic engravings by Talbot, using his earlier patented process (of these, 2 employ screens made of gauze); 2 photogalvanographs by Pretsch; and 1 heliographic engraving by the Riffauts. The earlier photographic engravings by Talbot are apparently from nature prints, from grass or foliage specimens or fabric fragments. The photoglyphic engravings, except for "Adiantum capillus Veneris," a nature print, are from architectural photographs, including at least 2 after photographs by the French firm Clouzard et Soulier (Athanase Clouzard and Charles Soulier) and 1 after a photograph by Francis Frith. The Clouzard et Soulier prints were among the 7 images selected to include in The photographic news.
• Each copy of The photographic news, v. 1, no. 10 (Nov. 12, 1858) was issued with one of 7 different photoglyphic engravings by Talbot after architectural photographs by Clouzard et Soulier, printed by Thomas Brooker, London. Cf. The photographic news, v. 1, no. 10, p. [109]-110. This copy contains "The new Louvre, Paris." Engraved in lower margin preceding the title: "Photoglyph. Presented with the Photographic news." In this example, 2 tick marks beneath lower right corner of image indicate the plate number, as several plates were engraved for each image. Plate mark: 10.1 x 12.7 cm. Cf. also article in The photographic news, v. 1, no. 3, p. [25], which mentions several of the engravings used.
• Accompanied by Talbot's earlier photographic engraving patent (1852; 2nd ed., 1914), and a typewritten description copied from E.P. Goldschmidt & Co.'s Catalogue 68 (1941). Patent has caption title: "A.D. 1852, no. 565. Engraving. Letters patent to William Henry Fox Talbot ... for the invention of 'improvements in the art of engraving.' Sealed the 24th January 1853 and dated the 29th October 1852." At end: Redhill : Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, by Love & Malcomson, Ltd. (Wt. 35--25/6/1914). 9 p. ; 26 cm.

Alternative Title

Improvements in the art of engraving.

Subjects

• Photoglyphic engraving
• Architectural photography
• Photomechanical processes > Patents
• Photoengravings
• Nature prints
• Nature photography
• Photomechanical processes > Specimens
• Photogalvanographs

Genre/Form

• Photoengravings.
• Photoglyphic engraving.
• Photogalvanographs.
• Nature prints.

Note

• In Contents, below, titles of the Talbot prints that are enclosed in quotation marks are from pencil inscriptions beneath the plate mark (some partially cropped); titles in square brackets are supplied from Schaaf or by the cataloger. The Riffaut engraving is titled and signed in the medium.
• Gift of Albert Boni, 1943.

Indexed In (note)

• Schaaf, L.J. Talbot and photogravure (Sun pictures, cat. 12)

Source (note)

• Albert Boni;

Biography (note)

• William Crookes, chemist and science journalist, was the founder and first editor of The photographic news. William Henry Fox Talbot, one of the co-inventors of photography, was also active in the development of photoengraving processes, and prints produced by his patented photoglyphic process were included in 2 early numbers of Crookes' journal (v. 1, no. 10, and v. 3, no. 54). For correspondence between Talbot and Crookes, mentioning some of the items in this collection, see the "Correspondence of William Henry Fox Talbot" Web site (De Montfort University, Leicester/University of Glasgow), http://foxtalbot.dmu.ac.uk/letters/name.php?bcode=Croo-W (consulted Oct. 18, 2011), especially Crookes to Talbot, Sept. 17, Oct. 29 and Nov. 26, 1858; Talbot to Crookes, Oct. 23, 1858.

Linking Entry (note)

• Bound in William Crookes' copy of The photographic news, v. 1 (Sept. 10, 1858-Mar. 4, 1859); an additional photoglyphic engraving by Talbot is included, as issued with no. 10.

Contents

"Acacia melanoxylon." Photographic engraving. Plate mark: 10.1 x 7 cm. -- [Foliage, including the Acacia melanoxylon specimen from previous print.] Photographic engraving from a steel plate, with superimposed pattern of gauze. Schaaf 21. Plate mark: 20.2 x 12.8 cm. -- "Rare grass from South of France." Photographic engraving. Schaaf 9. Plate mark: 12.7 x 20 cm. -- [Torn and folded scrap of crape.] Photographic engraving. Laterally reversed variant of Schaaf 13. Plate mark: 10.1 x 7 cm. -- [Strip of lace with selvage.] Photographic engraving. Schaaf 8. Plate mark: 20.1 x 12.8 cm. -- "Jacaranda mimosifolia." Photographic engraving from a steel plate, with superimposed pattern of gauze. Schaaf 20. Plate mark: 20.3 x 12.7 cm. -- [Three grasses.] Photographic engraving. Schaaf 6. Plate mark: 7 x 10.3 cm. -- [Grass.] Photographic engraving. Plate mark: 10 x 7.3 cm. -- [Grass.] Photographic engraving. Plate mark: 7.1 x 10.1 cm. -- "Adiantum capillus Veneris." Photoglyphic engraving. Plate mark: 10.1 x 7 cm. -- [Palace of the Duc de Montpensier, Seville, Spain.] Photoglyphic engraving, after Clouzard et Soulier; one of 7 images included with various copies of The photographic news, no. 10. Cf. The photographic news, v. 1, no. 3, p. [25]; no. 10, p. [109]; Hanson, D.A. The David A. Hanson coll. of the history of photomechanical printing, 1858:4 (http://maca.cdmhost.com/u?/p1325coll1,136). Plate mark: 10.2 x 12.8 cm. -- "Statue of Charles IV. Prague. Bohemia." Photoglyphic engraving. Mentioned in Crookes to Talbot, Nov. 26, 1858. Plate mark: 10.3 x 12.8 cm. -- "Notre Dame. Paris." Photoglyphic engraving. Schaaf 38. Mentioned in Crookes to Talbot, Nov. 26, 1858. Plate mark: 9.5 x 12.6 cm. -- "Court of Lions, Alhambra, Granada. H.F.T." Photoglyphic engraving, after Clouzard et Soulier; one of 7 images included with various copies of The photographic news, no. 10. Cf. The photographic news, v. 1, no. 3, p. [25]; no. 10, p. [109]. Plate mark: 10.4 x 12.7 cm. -- "Temple of Edfou. Egypt. H.F.T. sculps." Photoglyphic engraving, after Francis Frith (signed in medium: Frith 355). Cf. The photographic news, v. 1, no. 3, p. [25]. Plate mark: 9.5 x 12.7 cm. -- "St. Sulpice. Paris." Photoglyphic engraving. Mentioned in Crookes to Talbot, Nov. 26, 1858. Plate mark: 9.5 x 12.6 cm. -- [Arch of Titus, Rome.] Photogalvanograph, made from a stereographic photograph. Blind stamp below plate mark: "The Patent Photo-Galvanographic Company. Holloway, London." Plate mark: 10.9 x 17 cm. -- [Rembrandt, self portrait.] Photogalvanograph, from a 1633 etching, laterally reversed. Blind stamp below plate mark: "The Patent Photo-Galvanographic Company. Holloway, London." Inscribed "From the print itself." Plate mark: 13.9 x 11.3 cm. -- Bibliothèque du Louvre / photographie sur acier par Mme. P. Riffaut ; A. Riffaut sc. Heliographic engraving, 1854. Published in: La lumière, v. 4, no. 40 (Oct. 7, 1854), p. [157]. Plate mark: 18.5 x 13.1 cm.

Call Number

MFZ (Talbot) 05-3269

OCLC

757754959

Author

Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800-1877. Engraver

Title

Photoglyphic engravings and other photomechanical prints presented to William Crookes [graphic] / William Henry Fox Talbot ; with 3 additional prints by Paul Pretsch and Adolphe-Pierre Riffaut and Pauline Riffaut.

Imprint

ca. 1852-ca. 1858.

Indexed In:

Schaaf, L.J. Talbot and photogravure (Sun pictures, cat. 12), 6, 8-9, 13 (variant), 20-21, 38

Linking Entry

Bound in William Crookes' copy of The photographic news, v. 1 (Sept. 10, 1858-Mar. 4, 1859); an additional photoglyphic engraving by Talbot is included, as issued with no. 10.

Biography

William Crookes, chemist and science journalist, was the founder and first editor of The photographic news. William Henry Fox Talbot, one of the co-inventors of photography, was also active in the development of photoengraving processes, and prints produced by his patented photoglyphic process were included in 2 early numbers of Crookes' journal (v. 1, no. 10, and v. 3, no. 54). For correspondence between Talbot and Crookes, mentioning some of the items in this collection, see the "Correspondence of William Henry Fox Talbot" Web site (De Montfort University, Leicester/University of Glasgow), http://foxtalbot.dmu.ac.uk/letters/name.php?bcode=Croo-W (consulted Oct. 18, 2011), especially Crookes to Talbot, Sept. 17, Oct. 29 and Nov. 26, 1858; Talbot to Crookes, Oct. 23, 1858.

Source

266949B; Gift; Albert Boni; 1943

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Added Author

Pretsch, Paul, 1808-1873. Engraver

Riffaut, Adolphe Pierre, 1821-1859. Engraver

Clouzard, Athanase, 1820-1903. Photographer

Soulier, Charles, approximately 1840-approximately 1876. Photographer

Clouzard et Soulier. Photographer

Frith, Francis. Photographer

Riffaut, Pauline. Photographer

Brooker, Thomas, 1813-1885. Printer of plates

Patent Photo-Galvanographic Company. Printer of plates

Great Britain. Patent Office. Letters patent to William Henry Fox Talbot ... for the invention of "improvements in the art of engraving."

Crookes, William, 1832-1919. Former owner

Boni, Albert, 1892-1981. fmo.

Added Title

Improvements in the art of engraving.

Research Call Number

MFZ (Talbot) 05-3269