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XIX. The Tower of Lacock Abbey

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

Salted paper print of the tower at Lacock Abbey, from a fragmented fascicle of 'The Pencil of Nature' Part 5, December 1845.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleXIX. The Tower of Lacock Abbey (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, 'XIX. The Tower of Lacock Abbey' from a fragmented copy of 'The Pencil of Nature', salted paper print from a calotype negative, before December 1845
Physical description
Salted paper print of the tower at Lacock Abbey, from a fragmented fascicle of 'The Pencil of Nature' Part 5, December 1845.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 161mm
  • Image width: 201mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 19 (Recto on mount, in ink)
  • (Verso, "5-line" Notice to Reader)
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
Given by Col. Llewelyn.
RPS.277-2017 to RPS.280-2017 are housed together and were possibly donated together.
Production
Originally published in Part 5 of The Pencil of Nature, in December 1845.
From a negative at the Fox Talbot Museum, LA3073; same as photographs in the RPS collection, RPS025355, RPS025379.
Bibliographic reference
Schaaf, Larry John. The Photographic Art of William Henry Fox Talbot. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2000. ISBN 0691050007.
Other number
RPS025386 - Royal Photographic Society number
Collection
Accession number
RPS.278-2017

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Record createdApril 10, 2017
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