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Talbot Photo 12(44)
- Record Id:
- 041-003304998
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-003304954
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035611455.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Talbot Photo 12(44)
- Title:
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[Roof, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
- Scope & Content:
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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 about the process of taking this photograph in his notebook on the 22nd Sept '...When excited gives a picture in 5' cloudy weather exhibiting even the tiles on the roof etc. etc...' Chemistry float-applied on paper 114 x 180 mm.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Talbot Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003303408
040-003304954
041-003304998 - Is part of:
- Talbot Photo : Talbot Collection
Talbot Photo 12 : Talbot Collection: Album of prints dating from 1839 to 1840. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
Talbot Photo 12(44) : [Roof, Lacock Abbey.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox - Hierarchy:
- 032-003303408[0013]/040-003304954[0044]/041-003304998
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Talbot Photo
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- 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:
- 1840
- End Date:
- 1840
- Date Range:
- 22 Sep 1840
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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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: 72 mm x 101 mm
Format: Bound in Volume
Secondary Support: Paper
- Former External References:
- LA2284; NT01802; Schaaf No.2469
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Talbot, William Henry Fox, pioneer of photography, 1800-1877
- Subjects:
- Architectural Elements
Architecture
Lacock Abbey (Wiltshire)
Named Collections
Roofs
Talbot Collection - Places:
- Lacock, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe, Western Europe