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Old 2nd November 2015, 04:46 PM
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Default William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

While researching salt printing I came across a fascinating, current, blog by Larry J. Schaaf at the Bodleian Libraries website.

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The Bodleian Libraries together with experts in the field are working on an ambitious project to develop a new web-based research tool that will allow scholars and members of the public to view and search the complete photographic works of British photographic pioneer William Henry Fox Talbot.
The online Catalogue Raisonné will be a detailed inventory of Fox Talbot’s work and include images of thousands of photographs and negatives by Talbot and his close circle. It will shed new light on Talbot’s photographic discoveries and will invite academics and the public to help fill in the blanks about mystery images. The completed Catalogue Raisonné will be a dynamic online catalogue and will invite contributions from scholars and enthusiasts. Its aim is to be a/the major online resource in the work of Henry Fox Talbot.

This blog provides updates of this four-year project (2014-2018) as it develops with regular updates provided by project team members, particularly Professor Larry J. Schaaf, Director of the Talbot Catalogue Raisonné at the Bodleian Libraries and also a Visiting Professor of Art History at the University of Oxford.
The blog is here foxtalbot.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/blog/
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Very interesting link, thanks for posting Tony.
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Reading Mike Wares' article about the research he did into print conservation may give some clues as to the colouration in Talbots prints and why they look the way they do today. I wonder how and by whom they were digitised and the effect that could have on them with the light intensity from scanners.

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Interesting article and point you make Rob. Maybe they decided to bite the bullet and get them digitised before they end up deteriorating? If you contacted Larry J. Schaaf and asked him he would probably answer your question as it seems to be the nature of the project!
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I already emailed him saying he may find the article interesting.

I was just a tad concerned the bodleian blog gives the impression the colours are desired results rather than possibly the result of deterioration and improper fixing.
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Thanks for that Tony, very interesting.

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