The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 851

IX. Fac-simile of an Old Printed Page.

Object details

Created: Between 1 Aug 1835 and 31 Jan 1845

Image size: h 16.6cm x w 14.2cm

Paper size: h 18.7cm x w 15.9cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Owner: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History

Object owner number: SCWHR-P-094-0009

Collection: Seaver Center For Western History Research

This object is part of Schaaf no. 851

IX. Fac-simile of an Old Printed Page.

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

A Talbot project blog post has been dedicated to this photograph.