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The Fruit Sellers

Photograph
before 13 December 1845 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Fox Talbot, William Henry (photographer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (photographed)

Salted paper print of a group of people selling fruit and flowers; pale brown colour.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Portraits
The Royal Photographic Society
RPS Digitisation Project
Object type
Photograph
Titles
  • The Fruit Sellers (generic title)
  • Group of Persons Selling Fruit and Flowers (alternative 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.
Salted Paper
Salted Paper Processes
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by William Henry Fox Talbot, 'The Fruit Sellers', salted paper print, before December 1845
Physical description
Salted paper print of a group of people selling fruit and flowers; pale brown colour.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 171mm
  • Image width: 211mm
  • Paper height: 185mm
  • Paper width: 226mm
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 in the RPS collection, RPS025165 (RPS.86-2017); negative corners slightly clipped. Same as RPS025198, RPS025204, RPS025205, RPS025280.
Associated object
PROV.1596-2017 (RPS Group record)
Bibliographic references
  • Die aufgehobene Zeit: die Erfindung der Photographie durch William Henry Fox Talbot, by Hubertus von Amelunxen (Berlin: Nishen, 1988): 079.
  • William H. Fox Talbot: inventor of the negative-positive process, by André Jammes (translated by Maureen Oberli-Turner) (New York: Collier, 1973): 31.
  • Printed Light: the scientific art of William Henry Fox Talbot and David Octavius Hill with Robert Adamson (Edinburgh: Scottish National Portrait Gallery by H.M.S.O., 1986): 102.
  • Schaaf, Larry John. The Photographic Art of William Henry Fox Talbot. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2000. ISBN 0691050007.
Other numbers
  • RPS025199 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • old RPS 96 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • XRP591 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.120-2017

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Record createdMarch 27, 2017
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1387968/the-fruit-sellers-photograph-fox-talbot-william/
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