Inscription: Camera Obscura H.F. Talbot/ February 1840 in ink by Talbot, verso; Busto antico in ink on album page by Bertoloni; pencil X recto
Provenance: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1936 E.P. Goldschmidt & Co., London, February 1936 Mario Galanti, Paris, France Antonio Bertoloni Album (4th group) p. 35, Bologna, Italy