The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 2969

Old Castle, Swansea

Object details

Image size: h 20.7cm x w 16.3cm

Paper size: h 22.4cm x w 18.6cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Mount: removed from a mount

Physical description: pale; deckled edge; traces of glue in each corner from when the print was removed from its mount

Inscription: partial inscription in the negative; in pencil, verso, in Dudley Johnston's hand, H Fox Talbot Swansea Castle 1847; two RPS ink stamps, verso

Provenance:
Victoria & Albert Museum, 2017
National Science and Media Museum, 2003 to 2017
Royal Photographic Society, number 025315
Previous RPS number 54

Owner: Victoria and Albert Museum

Object owner number: RPS.317-2017

Collection: Royal Photographic Society Collection

Supporting images

This object is part of Schaaf no. 2969

Old Castle, Swansea

Location: Swansea

Keywords: Wales Advert

A sign on the wall advertises steam trips to Denby. Other signs for the Swansea Bazaar are also discernible.