Heathfield. 1
Octbr 23rd 1847.
Dear Sir,
I am glad you were pleased with Mr Harding 2 he is a superior man.
I saw the coloured Talbotypes 3 after they came from the Dean of Westminster 4, and did not observe any fly marks on them.
The account you sent me of Harrison’s 5 agrees entirely with what I before said. The copies which I bought Nov. 27. 1847 [sic] 6 and from which 50 pr cent was deducted were the faulty ones which I sent to you the other day, none of which I was able to colour: all that I have coloured were perfect copies with a few exceptions. I therefore calculated on giving you 3s a piece for all good copies, and as I offered you the large coloured ones at 15s each, I shd only gain 12s for colouring. It is however useless to speak of this now as you did not wish to take them.
I have given the negatives to a good judge to value, as it will be satisfactory to me (as I have no doubt it will be to you) to hear the opinion of a good photographer, and an unprejudiced person. I am ignorant of what price he may set upon them, but am willing to abide by it, I do not however wish you to do so, if you do not like it, and am ready to take a sum for the whole “en masse”.
The numbers which I shall soon send to Henneman 7 are 57 large and 115 small copies; I also left with him in London last May 33 large, and 36 small copies, making therefore altogether what I now have to dispose of
| Large. | Small. |
| 33 | 115 |
| 57 | 36 |
| – | – |
| 90 | 151 |
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.
| 12. | Library of Governors Palace. Valetta | |
| 17. | Ancient carriage of the grand Masters | |
| 38. | Neapolitan fishing boat and men. | |
| 54. | From the south part of the Forum. Pompeii | |
| 71. | S. Giovanni Laterano. Rome. | |
| 81. | Group of the Rape of the Sabines. Florence | |
| 82. | ||
| 92. | Piazza maggiore. Bologna | |
| 94. | 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 | Views of Veranda. | |
| 155. | ||
| 166. | Brig aground leakey. | |
| 169. | Back yard. Veranda. |
More than half the above are some of the most successful views I ever took, you may therefore easily understand how very anxious I am to have them, with my best hopes of soon doing so, I am
yours very truly
Calvert R. Jones
[enclosure:]
| Small Talbotypes. | |||
| Sent from Heathfield. Octbr 21. 1847. | |||
| 60. | Vessels aground. Ilfracombe | B – 8 | |
| 61. | Schooner Do Do | B – | |
| 62. | Boys do Do | A | |
| 63. | Captn Davis. Capstan. do | A | |
| 64 | Ilfracombe pilots. | – | |
| 65. | Sailors do | – | |
| 66. | Old Houses. Ilfracombe pier. | C | |
| 67 | Boys. and boat. do | C | |
| 68 | Old Houses near the pier. do. | A | |
| 69 | Hillsborough from Ilfracombe pier. | B – | |
| 70 | |||
| 71 | Sailors. | – A | |
| 72 | Rocks near Ilfracombe. | A | |
| 73 | |||
| 74 | Rocks at Morte. N. Devon. | A | |
| 75 | Do another view. | – A | |
| 76 | Cottages at Morte. | B – | |
| 77 | Do near Morte church. | B – | |
| 78. | Rocks near Capstan hill. Ilfracombe. | CB | |
| 79 | Ilfracombe harbour. | C – | |
| 80 | |||
| 81 | Do do | B – | |
| 82 | |||
| 83 | Back of Capstan hill. | B – | |
| 84. | Ilfracombe pilots on the pier. | A | |
| 85. | Boys. do– | A | |
| 86 | Do do– | A – | |
| 87 | Do do– | A | |
| 88 | Group of Donkey men & women | AIlfracombe | |
| 89. | Do of men | Ado | |
| 90 | Do of men and women. | Ado | |
| 91 | Do do | A | |
| 92 | Portraits Mrs Russell Kendall & Mrs Calvert Jones | A – | |
| 93 | Italian organ man. different positions | A – | |
| 94 | |||
| 95 | |||
| 96 | |||
| 97. | Old beggar man | A – | |
| 98. | Ships aground Swansea | C | |
| 99. | Schooners masts. do | C | |
| 100. | Part of smack’s quarter. | C B | |
| 101. | Ships long boat on deck. | C B | |
| 102. | Foremast of Do (Chelydra) | C | |
| 103. | Ships capstan and quarter deck. | C | |
| 104 | Steering wheel and poop. | B | |
| 105 | Capstan and figure. Swansea pier. | B | |
| 106 | Brigs stern and quarter (joins 121 at x). | C | |
| 107 | Ships caboose, or cooking fireplace. | C | |
| 108 | Mainmast and hatchway (Chelydra) | C | |
| 109 | Head and bow. do | C | |
| 110 | Different groups of Swansea pilots. | A | |
| 111 | |||
| 112 | |||
| 113 | |||
| 114 | Soldiers. (52nd Lt Infantry) | A | |
| 115 | |||
| 116 | |||
| 117 | |||
| 118 | Sloops forecastle, and details. | B | |
| 119 | Do end of bowsprit. | A | |
| 120 | Ships deck, looking towards the poop. | A | |
| 121. | Swansea river. (Joins 106 at x) | – C | |
| 122 | Groups at Nettlecombe court. | A | |
| 123 | |||
| 124 | |||
| 125 | |||
| 126 | Dunster market house. | A | |
| 127. | Monksilver house. | A | |
| 128 | Monksilver church (different details) | A.A.B. | |
| 129. | |||
| 130 | |||
| 131 | Dunster Castle. | C– | |
| 132 | Old house. Minehead | – A– | |
| 133 | Well. do | B | |
| 134. | Ancient house. Minehead | A | |
| 135 | Cleeve abbey. near Nettlecombe | A AA | |
| 136 | |||
| 137 | |||
| 138 | Interior. Nettlecombe great hall. | C – | |
| 139 | “Tom Wade”. Wenvoe Castle | AB |
| Large Talbotypes | |||
| Lent from Heathfield Octbr 23. 1847. | |||
| 206. | Fishing smacks – Swansea | ||
| 207. | Cuba ship. and Jersey yawl. | A – | |
| 208. | Copper ore ships. Swansea | ||
| 209 | Eastern copper ore yards. with ships | ||
| 210 | Combe-martin bay. | ||
| 211 | |||
| 212 | Watermouth house. | ||
| 213. | Rocks near Ilfracombe. | – B – | |
| 214 | Street. do | ||
| 215 | Light house. Ilfracombe. | ||
| 216. | Street. Ilfracombe. looking to Coronation Terrace 9 | ||
| 217 | Ilfracombe from Hillsborough. | – B |
|
| 218 | |||
| 219 | Old Houses Ifracombe [sic]. | A | |
| 220 | Ilfracombe from Capstan hill. | ||
| 221 | |||
| 222. | Ilfracombe pier. | ||
| 223 | Ilfracombe Church. | ||
| 224 | Ilfracombe harbour from the East. | ||
| 225 | |||
| 226 | Ifracombe [sic] from Coronation Terrace. | ||
| 227 | |||
| 228. | Old houses on the pier Ilfracombe. | B – | |
| 229 | Back of Ilfracombe pier. | B – | |
| 230 | |||
| 231 | Vessels aground Ilfracombe. | .A | |
| 232 | Ilfracombe pier from Sir Bourchier Wray’s house | ||
| 233 | Do harbour from Do | ||
| 234 | Hillsborough from Capstan hill. | ||
| 235 | Ilfracombe from the Tors. | ||
| 236 | |||
| 237 | Nettlecombe Court. | ||
| 238 | Do general view. | B | |
| 239 | Do Church | B – | |
| 240 | Do with part of the house | |
|
| 241 | Large Beech tree do | ||
| 242. | Dunster market house from the South | B – | |
| 243. | Do with the Castle in the distance. | ||
| 244 | Dunster street and Castle. | B – | |
| 245 | Minehead pier. | B – | |
| 246 | Wenvoe Castle. Glamorgan. from the S. Terrace | B – | |
| 247 | Do from the North. | B – | |
| 248. | Hadzor house. Worcestershire | B | |
| 249 | Terrace at do | C | |
| 250 | Westwood house. Worcestershire. general view | C | |
| 251 | Do from the garden. | C | |
| 252 | Do front view. | D – | |
| 253 | Do do | D – | |
| 254 | Do Gatehouse. | D | |
| 255 | Hadzor church. | B – | |
| 256 | Swansea. from the Graig. 10 Heathfield. | B – | |
| 257 | |||
| 258 | View in Swansea harbour. | B – | |
| 259 | |||
| 260. | Ships aground do | A – | |
| 261. | Italian boy from a picture by Müller 11 | D | |
| 262. | Dutch vessels aground. from do by Cooke 12 | D | |
| 263 | Do | D |
Q Sir Walter Trevelyan 13
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