The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 851

IX. Fac-simile of an Old Printed Page.

Object details

Alternate titles

Plate IX in "The Pencil of Nature", fascicle 2, January 29 1845

Created: Between 1 Aug 1835 and 31 Jan 1845

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Mount: ruled edge mount

Physical description: forms part of a bound volume of "The Pencil of Nature" with extra illustrations

Inscription: in ink on mount, 9

Provenance:
Euing Collection

Owner: University of Glasgow Library

Object owner number: Photo A18

Collection: Archives & Special Collections

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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.