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Avignon

Photograph
July 1866 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mounted on display board.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAvignon (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Photoglyphic engraving
Brief description
Photograph by William Henry Fox Talbot, 'Avignon', photoglyphic engraving - photo-sculpsit, 1866
Physical description
Mounted on display board.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 126mm
  • Image width: 194mm
  • Paper height: 295mm
  • Paper width: 425mm
  • Plate height: 190mm
  • Plate width: 252mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • H. F. Talbot Photo-sculpsit July 1866 Avignon (Inscribed in plate)
  • (Recto of mat, exhibition label)
  • 1407 (Verso, old label)
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
Same as photographs in the RPS collection, RPS025542, RPS025543; same subject as RPS025545.
Bibliographic reference
Schaaf, Larry John. The Photographic Art of William Henry Fox Talbot. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2000. ISBN 0691050007.
Other number
RPS025544 - Royal Photographic Society number
Collection
Accession number
RPS.262-2017

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Record createdApril 3, 2017
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