The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 2575

Statuette of Edward Hodges Baily's, "Eve at the Fountain", 1 minute in the camera

Object details

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TALBOT ALBUM NO. 14 / NMeM small maroon album with floral pattern cover, 1841-42

Created: 2 Apr 1841

Image size: h 7.2cm x w 5.5cm

Paper size: h 9.0cm x w 7.6cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Mount: paper album page

Physical description: negative lacks chemical coating in upper corner

Inscription: negative inscribed on bottom edge, ca 1' 2 April /41 [about one minute exposure 2 April 1841]

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-0368/08

Collection: Science Museum Collection

This object is part of Schaaf no. 2575

Statuette of Edward Hodges Baily's, "Eve at the Fountain", 1 minute in the camera

Keywords: Sculpture

Baily's best known work is probably his sculpture of Nelson which graces the top of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London. However, "Eve at the Fountain" was the work that made Baily famous at the age of 34.

A large plaster model for the finished sculpture is held at the Victoria & Albert Museum.

The finished marble statue was purchased for the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery in 1826.

Baily and his work is well represented in the online resource, Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851-1951.

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