The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 1146

Portrait of Talbot's mother, Lady Elisabeth Feilding, seated in an armchair

Object details

Image size: h 11.4cm x w 9.5cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Camera

Physical description: waxed

Inscription: pencil X recto

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-3506

Collection: Science Museum Collection

Supporting images

Virtual digital positive

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This object is part of Schaaf no. 1146

Portrait of Talbot's mother, Lady Elisabeth Feilding, seated in an armchair

Keywords: Bonnet

Although this portrait was taken out of doors, an attempt has been made to make it look as if the sitter is indoors with the use of a backdrop and the rug under the armchair.

There is no known positive print extant, or known to have been made from this negative. A virtual digital positive image has been generated for the purposes of this project.

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