[Gable and finial, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the end section of the roof, with a finial sculpture of an animal. Chemistry float-applied on paper 170 x 226 mm.
[Roof, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inscription: Inscribed in ink by Talbot by bottom right of image: 'Sept 1840' and in bottom left of paper: '5' Cloudy'. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking up towards a section of the roof, showing a dormer window and two chimneys. This is the earliest dated calotype, Talbot wrote ab...