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The Geologists at Chudleigh, Devon

Photograph
ca. 1839 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Fox Talbot, William Henry (photographer)
Place of origin
Devon (photographed)

Salted paper print, reddish brown colour.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
Portraits
The Royal Photographic Society
Object type
Photograph
TitleThe Geologists at Chudleigh, Devon (generic title)
Materials and techniques
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
Salted Paper Processes
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by William Henry Fox Talbot, 'The Geologists at Chudleigh, Devon', salted paper print, ca. 1839
Physical description
Salted paper print, reddish brown colour.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 82mm
  • Image width: 91mm
Content description
Man facing rocks, pointing up with a stick.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 2/6 (Recto, in pencil)
  • Geologists Chudleigh Devon (Recto of mount, in pencil, written by Fox Talbot?)
  • (Patent Talbotype or Sun Pictures label)
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
From a negative at the National Science and Media Museum, 1937-1613; same as photographs at the National Science and Media Museum, 1937-1614; at MOMA, New York, 75.64-15.
Associated object
PROV.1597-2017 (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.
Other numbers
  • RPS025215 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • old RPS 49 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • XRP592 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.136-2017

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Record createdMarch 27, 2017
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1387984/the-geologists-at-chudleigh-devon-photograph-fox-talbot-william/
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