Part of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire
Photograph
ca. 1839 (photographed)
ca. 1839 (photographed)
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Salted paper print of part of Lacock Abbey, plate 13 on a page of the album. One of 82 photographs in album.
Title from handwritten contents page.
Title from handwritten contents page.
Object details
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Title | Part of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire (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, 'Part of Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire', salted paper print from a calotype negative, ca. 1839 |
Physical description | Salted paper print of part of Lacock Abbey, plate 13 on a page of the album. One of 82 photographs in album. Title from handwritten contents page. |
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Content description | Appears to be the same cast of characters as in the "Fruitsellers". Family group with a man in a tophat, two women and a male servant in a waistcoat and broad hat. |
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. |
Object history | This album contains the museum numbers RPS.269:1-2017 to RPS.269:82-2017. |
Production | From a negative at the National Science and Media Museum, object number 1937-2629. |
Associated object | RPS.269-2017 (Album) |
Bibliographic reference | Schaaf, Larry John. The Photographic Art of William Henry Fox Talbot. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2000. ISBN 0691050007. |
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Accession number | RPS.269:13-2017 |
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Record created | April 4, 2017 |
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