The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 3640

6. St. Paul's Bay, Malta, scene of the shipwreck of Saint Paul

Object details

Created: Between 1 Feb 1846 and 31 May 1846

Image size: h 17.0cm x w 22.3cm

Paper size: h 18.3cm x w 22.8cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Watermark: J Whatman 1846

Provenance:
The British Library, gift of Janet and Petronella Burnett-Brown, 1 March 2006
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Abbey, National Trust (01441)

Owner: The British Library

Object owner number: Talbot Photo 2(233)

Collection: Talbot Collection

This object is part of Schaaf no. 3640

6. St. Paul's Bay, Malta, scene of the shipwreck of Saint Paul

Location: Malta

Keywords: Panorama

It's suggested this is one half of a panorama, but it's not clear what the second half of the panorama is. Other photographs of St. Paul's Bay by Calvert Richard Jones are related and imply what the second half of the panorama might look like, but don't quite look right. Possibly because, when placed alongside each other it looks like the same figures appear in both halves of the panorama at the same time.

The panorama photographs of Calvert Richard Jones feature in a Talbot project post