The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 913

XVIII. Gate of Christchurch.

Object details

Alternate titles

Plate XVIII, "The Pencil of Nature", fascicle 4, 21 June 1845

Created: Between 1 Aug 1835 and 30 Sep 1844

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Mount: Pencil of Nature page with ruled edge

Provenance:
Hans P. Kraus Jr. Inc.
Roberto L. Mayer, Mexico
Elizabeth Foulkes, London
Lord Vernon (George John Warren, 1803-1866)

Owner: Yale Center for British Art

Object owner number: TR144 .T35 1844+ Oversize

Collection: Rare Books And Manuscripts

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