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Talbot Photo 13(28)
- Record Id:
- 041-003305044
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-003305016
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035614989.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Talbot Photo 13(28)
- Title:
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[The River Thames, London, from Talbot's Cecil Street flat.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography
View taken from a window of Talbot's flat in Cecil Street, looking along the north bank of the Thames, with boats moored in the foreground. On the skyline right of centre Westminster Abbey can be very faintly discerned. This is the earliest photograph on paper of London. Chemistry float-applied on paper 188 x 224 mm.
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. 116.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Talbot Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003303408
040-003305016
041-003305044 - Is part of:
- Talbot Photo : Talbot Collection
Talbot Photo 13 : Talbot Collection: Album of prints dating from the early 1840s. Photographer(s): Talbot, William Henry Fox
Talbot Photo 13(28) : [The River Thames, London, from Talbot's Cecil Street flat.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox - Hierarchy:
- 032-003303408[0014]/040-003305016[0028]/041-003305044
- 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:
- 1842
- Date Range:
- June 1841
- 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: 134 mm x 184 mm
Format: Bound in Volume
Secondary Support: Paper
- Former External References:
- LA2138; NT01651; Schaaf No.3705
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Talbot, William Henry Fox, pioneer of photography, 1800-1877
- Subjects:
- Boats
Bodies Of Water
Named Collections
Rivers
Talbot Collection
Transportation
Vessels
Water transport - Places:
- Thames, River, London, England