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Old Northumberland House, Trafalgar Square

Photograph
Artist/Maker
Fox Talbot, William Henry (photographer)
Place of origin
London (photographed)

Photograph by William Henry Fox Talbot, 'Old Northumberland House in Trafalgar Square', salted paper print, ca. 1839

Object details

Categories
Photographs
Portraits
The Royal Photographic Society
Object type
Photograph
TitleOld Northumberland House, Trafalgar Square (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, 'Old Northumberland House in Trafalgar Square', salted paper print, ca. 1839
Dimensions
  • Image height: 172mm
  • Image width: 202mm
  • Paper height: 187mm
  • Paper width: 224mm
Marks and inscriptions
T (Verso, 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.
Production
From a negative at the National Science and Media Museum, object number 1937-3945.
Associated object
PROV.1598-2017 (RPS Group record)
Bibliographic references
  • Sun Pictures, Catalogue 3, by Hans P. Kraus Jr. (1993): plate 104.
  • The changing metropolis: earliest photographs of London, 1839-1879, by Gavin Stamp (Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Viking: 1984): 064.
  • Schaaf, Larry John. The Photographic Art of William Henry Fox Talbot. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2000. ISBN 0691050007.
Other numbers
  • RPS025259 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • old RPS 70 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • XRP593 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.180-2017

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Record createdMarch 29, 2017
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1388066/old-northumberland-house-trafalgar-square-photograph-fox-talbot-william/
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