Object within Schaaf no. 851

IX. Fac-simile of an Old Printed Page.

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Created: Between 1 Aug 1835 and 31 Jan 1845

Image size: h 16.6cm x w 14.2cm

Paper size: h 23.8cm x w 19.5cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Mount: modern drum

Inscription: in pencil, in modern hand: page by William Caxton

Watermark: J Whatman Turkey Mill 1840

Provenance:
Helmut and Alison Gernsheim

Owner: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas

Object owner number: 964:0054:0045

Collection: Gernsheim Collection

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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.

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Object within Schaaf no. 851

IX. Fac-simile of an Old Printed Page.

Object details

This object is part of Schaaf no. 851

IX. Fac-simile of an Old Printed Page.

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