The Ancient Vestry, Calvert Jones in the Cloisters at Lacock Abbey
Photograph
13 December 1845 (photographed)
13 December 1845 (photographed)
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Calotype of Rev. Calvert Richard Jones sitting in the cloisters at Lacock Abbey; black coloured - high contrast, with dense colour and clear highlights.
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| Materials and techniques | Paper negative, calotype.
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, 'The Ancient Vestry, Calvert Jones in the Cloisters at Lacock Abbey', paper negative - calotype, before December 1845 |
| Physical description | Calotype of Rev. Calvert Richard Jones sitting in the cloisters at Lacock Abbey; black coloured - high contrast, with dense colour and clear highlights. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 184 (Verso, in pencil) |
| 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 | Original of photographs in the RPS collection, RPS025197, RPS025207; of LA295 & LA2009; and at the National Science and Media Museum, 1937-376/1, 1937-2584, 1990-5152; at the National Gallery of Canada, P67:003; at the Getty, 84.XM.1002.16; at the Smithsonian, 67.172.3 & 3864.C; at the Rubell Collection, R167; at the Harry Ransom Center, 964:054:022; at Chatsworth, 864-8; at MOMA in New York, 371.8, 450.8 [and others]. |
| Associated object | PROV.1595-2017 (RPS Group record) |
| 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.85-2017 |
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| Record created | March 24, 2017 |
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