23. Melrose Abbey
Photograph
October 1844 (photographed)
October 1844 (photographed)
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| Place of origin |
Salted paper print of Melrose Abbey, one of 2 photographs contained on page in the album, bottom photograph. Mounted on same page as RPS.284:22-2017. One of 23 photographs in the volume.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | 23. Melrose Abbey (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, '23. Melrose Abbey', salted paper print from a calotype negative, 1844. |
| Physical description | Salted paper print of Melrose Abbey, one of 2 photographs contained on page in the album, bottom photograph. Mounted on same page as RPS.284:22-2017. One of 23 photographs in the volume. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 23 Note Recto 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 album contains the museum numbers RPS.284:1-2017 to RPS.284:23-2017. |
| Production | From a negative held by the National Science and Media Museum, object number 1937-1309; same as photographs in the RPS collection, RPS025411, RPS025434, RPS025457. |
| Associated object | RPS.284-2017 (Album) |
| Bibliographic reference | Schaaf, Larry John. The Photographic Art of William Henry Fox Talbot. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2000. ISBN 0691050007. |
| Other number | RPS025480 - Royal Photographic Society number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | RPS.284:23-2017 |
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| Record created | April 11, 2017 |
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