The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 913

XVIII. Gate of Christchurch.

Object details

Created: Between 1 Aug 1835 and 30 Sep 1844

Image size: h 16.8cm x w 19.7cm

Paper size: h 19.5cm x w 23.4cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Physical description: corners of the negative clipped

Provenance:
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo credit: Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago (1972.353)
Joel Snyder

Owner: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

Object owner number: 2015.13.134

This object is part of Schaaf no. 913

XVIII. Gate of Christchurch.

Location: Oxford

Keywords: Architecture

The tower above the gate of Christ Church, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, is known as Tom Tower.

There are blurred figures just visible in the image, caused because people moved around during the long photographic exposure