The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 913

XVIII. Gate of Christchurch.

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From "The Pencil of Nature", fascicle 4, 21 June 1845

Created: Between 1 Aug 1835 and 30 Sep 1844

Image size: h 16.9cm x w 19.7cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-1286/2

Collection: Science Museum Collection

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