The Open Door
Photograph
April 1844
April 1844
| Artist/Maker |
Salted paper print of an open doorway, on a page of the volume. One of 24 photographs in the publication.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The Open Door (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, 'The Open Door' (variant version - narrow shadow), salted paper print from a calotype negative, 1844 |
| Physical description | Salted paper print of an open doorway, on a page of the volume. One of 24 photographs in the publication. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 6 (Verso on mount, 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. |
| Object history | This volume contains the museum numbers RPS.270:1-2017 to RPS.270:27-2017. |
| Production | Published in Part 2 of The Pencil of Nature, in January 1845. Same as photographs at the National Science and Media Museum, 1937-1271; at the National Gallery of Canada, 75:008:33; at the Smithsonian, 1914; at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Estampes E056[res]-04 (Herschel's copy). This less-familiar version was possibly used in some original issues of Pencil of Nature but this is unconfirmed. LA6 at the Fox Talbot Museum includes both versions. |
| Associated object | RPS.270-2017 (Album) |
| Bibliographic references |
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| Other number | RPS025366 - Royal Photographic Society number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | RPS.270:6-2017 |
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| Record created | April 6, 2017 |
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