TALBOT6027

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
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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.
diagram 81. Group of the Rape of the Sabines. Florence
82.
92. Piazza maggiore. Bologna
diagram 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.
diagram 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
diagram 69 Hillsborough from Ilfracombe pier. B –
70
71 Sailors. – A
diagram 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
diagram 79 Ilfracombe harbour. C –
80
diagram 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 –
diagram 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
diagram 110 Different groups of Swansea pilots. A
111
112
113
diagram 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
diagram 122 Groups at Nettlecombe court. A
123
124
125
126 Dunster market house. A
127. Monksilver house. A
diagram 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
diagram 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 diagram B –
207. Cuba ship. and Jersey yawl. A –
208. Copper ore ships. Swansea
209 Eastern copper ore yards. with ships
diagram 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
diagram 217 Ilfracombe from Hillsborough. – B diagram– C
218
219 Old Houses Ifracombe [sic]. A
diagram 220 Ilfracombe from Capstan hill.
221
222. Ilfracombe pier.
223 Ilfracombe Church.
diagram 224 Ilfracombe harbour from the East.
225
diagram 226 Ifracombe [sic] from Coronation Terrace.
227
228. Old houses on the pier Ilfracombe. B –
diagram 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.
diagram 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 diagram
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 –
diagram 256 Swansea. from the Graig. 10 Heathfield. B –
257
diagram 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

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