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

Mount: Pencil of Nature page with ruled edge

Provenance:
Helmut and Alison Gernsheim
Sotheby's Auction, 20 January 1958
Marquis Northampton

Owner: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas

Object owner number: 964:0309:0009

Collection: Gernsheim Collection

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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

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

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This object is part of Schaaf no. 851

IX. Fac-simile of an Old Printed Page.

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