The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 728

Copy of a printed title page, "Le Antichita di Prenestee del Tusculo" by Luigi Rossini, 1826

Object details

Image size: h 17.7cm x w 14.6cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Camera

Physical description: waxed

Inscription: 1

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-1229

Collection: Science Museum Collection

This object is part of Schaaf no. 728

Copy of a printed title page, "Le Antichita di Prenestee del Tusculo" by Luigi Rossini, 1826

A page from Luigi Rossini's portfolio of etchings of Roman architecture was used as a negative to create a direct photographic copy.

The full title of Rossini's portfolio is, "Le Antichita di Prenestee del Tusculo con piante e ristaurazione del tempio della fortuna", published 1826.