The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 1193

Horse and cart at London street, Reading

Object details

Image size: h 15.0cm x w 17.2cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Camera

Physical description: waxed

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-3121

Collection: Science Museum Collection

This object is part of Schaaf no. 1193

Horse and cart at London street, Reading

Location: Reading

Keywords: shops

Horse cart can be seen in the foreground of this image of London road, Reading. Signage for Eagle Tavern and Lovejoy's Library is also visible. The columned building in the middle of the row of houses was the Reading Literary Scientific and Mechanics' Institution, now the Great Expectations Hotel.