The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 2650

Portrait of two Talbot daughters against a backdrop, Matilda and Ela (seated)

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Object details

Created: 9 Apr 1842

Image size: h 7.2cm x w 5.0cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Camera

Physical description: waxed

Inscription: the negative has been trimmed; in pencil, in Talbot's hand, upper corner, 9 April / 42 [9 April 1842]; in pencil, opposite corner, 9 Ap [cropped]

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-3503

Collection: Science Museum Collection

Rights and Reproduction

This object is part of Schaaf no. 2650

Portrait of two Talbot daughters against a backdrop, Matilda and Ela (seated)

The negative for this image has been trimmed, cropping part of an inscription in the top corner, but perhaps also removing a third sitter from the composition.

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