The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 2357

Bust of Venus and a ceramic pineapple vase on a stand

Object details

Created: 2 Mar 1840

Image size: h 17.9cm x w 22.0cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Mount: album page

Physical description: corners clipped

Inscription: in pencil, verso: H.F. Talbot Photogr March 2. 1840

Provenance:
The British Library, gift of Janet and Petronella Burnett-Brown, 1 March 2006
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Abbey, National Trust (01581; LA2068 FTM NB2)
Lacock Abbey, Talbot Album No. 8

Owner: The British Library

Object owner number: Talbot Photo 10(10)

Collection: Talbot Collection

This object is part of Schaaf no. 2357

Bust of Venus and a ceramic pineapple vase on a stand

Keywords: Sculpture

The sculpture and the vase have been photographed on a round tabletop.

The bust is one of the objects most photographed by Talbot and appears always to have been known as the “Bust of Venus” by the Talbot family. It was often referred to as such in inscriptions made by the likes of Lady Elisabeth Feilding. It is in fact a “Bust of Susanna”, reduced from the original full-figure marble statue by the Baroque sculptor, François du Quesnoy (1597-1643). The original is in the church of Santa Maria di Loreto, in Rome.

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