The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 2764

Portrait of Horatia Feilding in a checked shawl

Object details

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Horatia was Talbot's half-sister

Created: Between 1 Apr 1844 and 30 Apr 1844

Image size: h 7.9cm x w 6.8cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Camera

Physical description: waxed; chemical changes to an area at the sitter's waist now shows as a white patch

Inscription: in pencil, in Talbot's hand, April / 44 [April 1844]

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-3661

Collection: Science Museum Collection

This object is part of Schaaf no. 2764

Portrait of Horatia Feilding in a checked shawl

Henrietta Horatia Maria Gaisford, née Feilding (1810-1851), was Talbot's half-sister. She married Thomas Gaisford (1816-1898) in 1850.