The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 2929

8. Capucin Friars, Valetta, Malta, 2nd View, 2nd series

Object details

Created: Between 1 Feb 1846 and 31 May 1846

Image size: h 8.2cm x w 9.9cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Camera

Physical description: retouched

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-4705

Collection: Science Museum Collection

This object is part of Schaaf no. 2929

8. Capucin Friars, Valetta, Malta, 2nd View, 2nd series

Location: Valletta

Keywords: Malta

An early example of image manipulation. It is clear from the photographic negative that there were originally five people in this composition, not four. Mysteriously, the figure standing at the back of the group has been inked-out so that they don't show in any prints made from it.

Related to Schaaf number 3399.