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The Cloisters, Lacock Abbey

Photograph
ca. 1839 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Salted paper print of the cloisters at Lacock Abbey; brown colour; removed from an album?


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Cloisters, Lacock Abbey (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Salted paper print from a calotype negative. Not available for issue to the public in the Prints and Drawings Study Room due to light sensitivity. Please contact the Photography Department via our enquiry service for further information.
Brief description
Photograph by William Henry Fox Talbot, 'The Cloisters at Lacock Abbey', salted paper print, ca. 1839
Physical description
Salted paper print of the cloisters at Lacock Abbey; brown colour; removed from an album?
Dimensions
  • Image height: 84mm
  • Image width: 93mm
  • Paper height: 94mm
  • Paper width: 114mm
Content description
The cloisters at Lacock Abbey - three windows on the ground floor, one first storey window above.
Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund.
Production
From a negative at the National Science and Media Museum, 1937-2667; same as a photograph at the National Science and Media Museum, 1937-1559.
Associated object
PROV.1596-2017 (RPS Group record)
Bibliographic reference
Schaaf, Larry John. The Photographic Art of William Henry Fox Talbot. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2000. ISBN 0691050007.
Other numbers
  • RPS025188 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • old RPS 207 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • XRP591 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
Collection
Accession number
RPS.109-2017

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Record createdMarch 27, 2017
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