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Talbot Photo 5(52)
- Record Id:
- 041-003304787
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-003304735
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035611259.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Talbot Photo 5(52)
- Title:
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[The Moon.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
- Scope & Content:
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Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '90272'.
Genre: Scientific Photography
One of two copies (prints 52 and 53) of this subject, a view of a half the moon. Photoglyphic engraving on steel from a photograph possibly carried out by Warren de la Rue. In top right corner written in pencil by Eugene Ostroff (Curator of photography at The National Museum of American History and who visited Lacock Abbey in 1965): 'see 336' and an encircled 'EO'. Image size 96 x 77 mm, press imprint size 127 x 102 mm, paper size 144 x 110 mm.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Talbot Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003303408
040-003304735
041-003304787 - Is part of:
- Talbot Photo : Talbot Collection
Talbot Photo 5 : Talbot Collection: Photographic and Photoglyphic Engraving Proofs. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
Talbot Photo 5(52) : [The Moon.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox - Hierarchy:
- 032-003303408[0006]/040-003304735[0052]/041-003304787
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Talbot Photo
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Photomechanical Print
- Start Date:
- 1863
- End Date:
- 1865
- Date Range:
- c 1864
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
- Appointment Required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 96 mm x 77 mm
Format: Bound in Volume
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- LA6752; NT01682
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Talbot, William Henry Fox, pioneer of photography, 1800-1877
- Subjects:
- Astronomy
Celestial Bodies
Moon
Named Collections
Natural Phenomena
Science
Talbot Collection