The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 1006

Two Sailors by the wheel of the H.M.S. Superb, Plymouth

Object details

Created: Between 1 Jan 1845 and 7 Feb 1845

Image size: h 16.4cm x w 17.8cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Mount: card mount

Physical description: varnished

Inscription: inscribed on recto: View on board H.M.S. Superb, 1845 [typewritten]; Patent Talbotype Or Sun Pictures label on verso

Provenance:
The British Library, gift of Janet and Petronella Burnett-Brown, 1 March 2006
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Abbey, National Trust (LA506; 00960)

Owner: The British Library

Object owner number: Talbot Photo 2(735)

Collection: Talbot Collection

Supporting images

This object is part of Schaaf no. 1006

Two Sailors by the wheel of the H.M.S. Superb, Plymouth

Location: Plymouth

Keywords: Ship

The quarterdeck and poop deck of the 80-gun three-decker, H.M.S. Superb. One of the sailors photographed appears to be an officer.

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