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Talbot Photo 2(73)
- Record Id:
- 041-003303843
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-003303770
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035610337.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100133187818.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Talbot Photo 2(73)
- Title:
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Sir Walter Scott's Monument, Edinburgh, as it appeared when nearly finished. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Architectural Photography
One of two copies (prints 73-74) of this subject. Close view of the monument with scaffolding at the rear. Chemistry float-applied on paper 224 x 184 mm. Also published as plate 2 in Talbot's 'Sun Pictures in Scotland'.
For a discussion of this image, see Larry J. Schaaf, 'The Photographic Art of William Henry Fox Talbot' (Princeton University Press, Princeton and London, 2000), p. 202.
[Schaaf 2800.]
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Talbot Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003303408
040-003303770
041-003303843 - Is part of:
- Talbot Photo : Talbot Collection
Talbot Photo 2 : Talbot Collection: Prints. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
Talbot Photo 2(73) : Sir Walter Scott's Monument, Edinburgh, as it appeared when nearly finished. Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox - Hierarchy:
- 032-003303408[0003]/040-003303770[0073]/041-003303843
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Talbot Photo
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100133187818.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Photograph
Photographic Print
Salted Paper Print
Salted Paper Print From Calotype Negative
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1844
- End Date:
- 1844
- Date Range:
- Oct 1844
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 196 mm x 158 mm
Format: Bound in Volume
- Former External References:
- LA26
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Talbot, William Henry Fox, pioneer of photography, 1800-1877
- Subjects:
- Building construction
Construction
Memorial Towers
Monuments and Memorials
Named Collections
Railways
Scott Monument (Edinburgh)
Talbot Collection