The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 50

Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Shottery, Warwickshire

Object details

Created: Between 1 Aug 1835 and 20 May 1848

Image size: h 17.3cm x w 21.9cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Camera

Physical description: uneven chemical coating

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-3084

Collection: Science Museum Collection

This object is part of Schaaf no. 50

Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Shottery, Warwickshire

Location: Shottery

Cottage where Anne Hathaway, the wife of William Shakespeare, lived with her family and where the writer first courted her. The house is located in the village of Shottery near Stratford-upon-Avon and in Shakespeare's day was known as Hewlands Farm. The cottage was built in different stages, with the earliest dating to the 15th century. It was acquired by the Shakespeare Trust in 1892.