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XV. Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire

Photograph
before May 1845 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Salted paper print of Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire, on a page of the volume. One of 3 photographs in the fascicle.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleXV. Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire (assigned by artist)
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, 'XV. Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire', salted paper print from a calotype negative, before May 1845
Physical description
Salted paper print of Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire, on a page of the volume. One of 3 photographs in the fascicle.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 151mm
  • Image width: 201mm
Marks and inscriptions
15 (Recto on mount, in ink)
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 volume contains the museum numbers RPS.273:1-2017 to RPS.273:3-2017.
Production
Published in Part 3 of The Pencil of Nature, in May 1845.
From a negative in the RPS collection, RPS025161; same as a photograph in the RPS collection, RPS025012, RPS025181, RPS025234, RPS025235, RPS025375.
Associated object
RPS.273-2017 (Album)
Bibliographic reference
Schaaf, Larry John. The Photographic Art of William Henry Fox Talbot. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2000. ISBN 0691050007.
Other numbers
  • RPS025351 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • XRP580 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
Collection
Accession number
RPS.273:3-2017

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Record createdApril 10, 2017
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