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Object within Schaaf no. 2610

Fac-simile of an old printed page

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Object details

Created: 23 Aug 1841

Image size: h 16.8cm x w 15.0cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Contact

Inscription: in pencil, 12 -10- bis [unclear] Aug. 23/41 [23 August 1841]

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-1578

Collection: Science Museum Collection

Rights and Reproduction

This object is part of Schaaf no. 2610

Fac-simile of an old printed page

The same page as that in Plate IX of,  The Pencil of Nature.

In the text that accompanies plate IX, Talbot informs us that the original book page he photographed was written in Norman french and relates to statutes of King Richard II.

A Talbot project blog post has been dedicated to this photograph.