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XXIII. Hagar in the Desert

Photograph
before April 1846 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Fox Talbot, William Henry (photographer)

Salted paper print of a lithograph of Hagar in the Desert, on a page of the volume. One of 3 photographs in the fascicle.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Portraits
The Royal Photographic Society
Object type
Photograph
TitleXXIII. Hagar in the Desert (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.
Salted Paper
Calotype
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by William Henry Fox Talbot, 'XXIII. Hagar in the Desert', salted paper print from a calotype negative, before April 1846
Physical description
Salted paper print of a lithograph of Hagar in the Desert, on a page of the volume. One of 3 photographs in the fascicle.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 178mm
  • Image width: 220mm
Marks and inscriptions
23 (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.276:1-2017 to RPS.276:3-2017.
Production
Published in Part 6 of The Pencil of Nature, in April 1846.
Same as a photograph in the RPS collection, RPS025383; the Getty has a copy of the original Strixner lithograph, 85.XM.0150.037.
Associated object
RPS.276-2017 (Album)
Bibliographic reference
Schaaf, Larry John. The Photographic Art of William Henry Fox Talbot. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2000. ISBN 0691050007.
Other number
RPS025359 - Royal Photographic Society number
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.276:2-2017

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Record createdApril 10, 2017
Record URL
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