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The Pencil of Nature (1844-46)

by William Henry Fox Talbot

Part I (cont.): PLATE I. PART OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD.

About The Pencil of Nature
Part I.
Publisher's note, frontispiece, and title page.
Introductory Remarks.
Brief Historical Sketch of the Invention of the Art.
Plate I. Part of Queen's College, Oxford.
Plate II. View of the Boulevards at Paris.
Plate III. Articles of China.
Plate IV. Articles of Glass
Plate V. Bust of Patroclus.

Part II.
Plate VI. The Open Door
Plate VII. Leaf of a Plant
Plate VIII. A Scene in a Library
Plate IX. Fac-simile of an Old Printed Page
Plate X. The Haystack
Plate XI. Copy of a Lithographic Print
Plate XII. The Bridge of Orleans.
Part III.
Plate XIII. Queen's College, Oxford, Entrance Gateway
Plate XIV. The Ladder.
Plate XV. Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire.

Part IV.
Plate XVI. Cloisters of Lacock Abbey.
Plate XVII. Bust of Patroclus.
Plate XVIII. Gate of Christchurch
Part V.
Plate XIX. The Tower of Lacock Abbey
Plate XX. Lace
Plate XXI. The Martyr's Monument
Part VI.
Plate XXII. Westminster Abbey
Plate XXIII. Hagar in the Desert.
Plate XXIV. A Fruit Piece.


PLATE I. PART OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD.

THIS building presents on its surface the most evident marks of the injuries of time and weather, in the abraded state of the stone, which probably was of a bad quality originally.

The view is taken from the other side of the High Street -- looking North. The time is morning.

In the distance is seen at the end of a narrow street the Church of St. Peter's in the East, said to be the most ancient church in Oxford, and built during the Saxon era. This street, shortly after passing the church, turns to the left, and leads to New College.

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