Object within Schaaf no. 851

IX. Fac-simile of an Old Printed Page.

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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

Physical description: pale

Provenance:
Sotheby’s, London, 1981
Previously Herbert Edward Steinberg

Owner: Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (TOP Museum)

Object owner number: 20106621-1001

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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.

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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

This object is part of Schaaf no. 851

IX. Fac-simile of an Old Printed Page.

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