The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 771

Diminished copy of a lithographic print

Object details

Image size: h 6.1cm x w 8.4cm

Paper size: h 6.3cm x w 8.5cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Mount: album page

Inscription: in ink on mount: diminished

Provenance:
The British Library, gift of Janet and Petronella Burnett-Brown, 1 March 2006
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Abbey, National Trust (00653); Talbot Album No. 5
Album presented to Talbot's daughter, Matilda (small/diminished prints)

Owner: The British Library

Object owner number: Talbot Photo 17(2)

Collection: Talbot Collection

This object is part of Schaaf no. 771

Diminished copy of a lithographic print

The lithograph Talbot photographed is by Godefroy Engelmann (1788-1839), after the original work by Louis Léopold Boilly (1761-1845), "Réunion de trente-cinq têtes diverses", c. 1820s. An original lithograph is held at Yale University Art Gallery.