The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 4375

Fragment of a fac-simile of an old printed page

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Image size: h 8.2cm x w 7.7cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Contact

Inscription: possibly a leucotype, from a paper wrapper inscribed, "8 April /43 L." [8 April 1843, Leucotype]

Provenance:
The British Library, gift of Janet and Petronella Burnett-Brown, 1 March 2006
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Abbey, National Trust (00505)

Owner: The British Library

Object owner number: Talbot Photo 3(142)

Collection: Talbot Collection

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This object is part of Schaaf no. 4375

Fragment of a fac-simile of an old printed page

This image is related to plate IX, " The Pencil of Nature".

In the text that accompanies plate IX, Talbot informs us that the original book page he photographed was written in Norman french and relates to statutes of King Richard II.

Image from the collections of the British Library (usage terms: Public Domain)