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Bridge over the River Moldau at Prague

Print
1858 (photoengraving)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print by William Henry Fox Talbot, 'Bridge over the River Moldau at Prague', photoglyphic engraving, 1858

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBridge over the River Moldau at Prague (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Print by William Henry Fox Talbot, 'Bridge over the River Moldau at Prague', photoglyphic engraving, 1858
Dimensions
  • Image height: 66mm
  • Image width: 68mm
  • Paper height: 172mm
  • Paper width: 225mm
  • Plate height: 105mm
  • Plate width: 130mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Photoglyph - Presented with the Photographic News, Bridge over the River Moldau at Prague, Bohemia (Engraved below image)
  • (6 "tics" lower right)
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
Issued with the Photographic News, 12 November 1858.
Bibliographic reference
Schaaf, Larry John. The Photographic Art of William Henry Fox Talbot. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2000. ISBN 0691050007.
Other numbers
  • RPS025519 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • old RPS cat pt. 1 sec. 2 no. 5480 - Royal Photographic Society number
Collection
Accession number
RPS.238-2017

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Record createdMarch 31, 2017
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