The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 1607

Copy of an etching or engraving, rustic view of a lakeside Gothic ruin

Object details

Image size: h 13.0cm x w 19.6cm

Paper size: h 18.0cm x w 22.1cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Contact

Inscription: in ink, verso, No. 1; in pencil, verso, 12 Ag. B. only [12 silver bromide only]; pencil X recto

Owner: Private

This object is part of Schaaf no. 1607

Copy of an etching or engraving, rustic view of a lakeside Gothic ruin

The image depicts an arched building in ruin with small boats moored nearby.

Possibly Neath Abbey in Wales, which offers similar views of a medieval ruin reflected in water from the nearby Tennant Canal.

It is a variant of Schaaf numbers 432, 441 and 572.