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Document number: 6025
Date: 23 Oct 1847
Recipient: TALBOT William Henry Fox
Author: JONES Calvert Richard
Collection: British Library, London, Manuscripts - Fox Talbot Collection
Collection number: 32814
Last updated: 2nd September 2012

from C. Jones to H. F. Talbot <1>

“The numbers which I shall soon send to Henneman <2> are 57 large and 115 small copies; I also left with him in London last May, 33 large and 36 small copies, making therefore all together what I now have to dispose of 90 large & 151 Small

“If you wish me to value or have valued separately, those which I left with Henneman it will of course be necessary to send them to me

“I add a list of Maltese, Italian and other Views, the Negatives of which I sold to you and have never received a copy. I have often asked Henneman for them, but he tells me, that you have the Negatives – I shall be extremely obliged for these copies as some of them are particularly fine –

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12. Library of Governor’s Palace, Valetta
17. Ancient Carriage of the Grand-master
38. Neapolitan fishing boat & men.
54. From the south part of the Forum – Pompeii
71. S. Giovanni Laterano – Rome
81. bracket symbol - left Group of the Rape of the Sabines – Florence
82.
92. Piazza maggiore – Bologna
94. bracket symbol - left Piazza del Gigante – do
95.
122. Swiss Cottage – Singleton
125. Old Houses – Wind Street – Swansea
141. Cambrian & Gloster place – do
149. Ship’s boat aground
154 bracket symbol - left Views of Veranda <3>
155
166. Brig aground – leaky
169. Back yard – Veranda.

Heathfield <4>
October 23rd 1847

24 large @ 5/– <5>
18 “ 2/6 2. 3/–
29 small 2/6 2. 9/6

Notes:

1. This is an extract copied by an amanuensis, of sections of Doc. No: 06027, with additional annotations.

2. Nicolaas Henneman (1813–1898), Dutch, active in England; WHFT’s valet, then assistant; photographer.

3. Former home of Jones near Swansea, Wales.

4. Swansea.

5. Faint pencil annotation in another hand.

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