Object within Schaaf no. 2998

19. Cathedral Messina, Sicily, 2nd series (joins 20 at XX)

Created: Between 1 Feb 1846 and 31 May 1846

Image size: h 21.8cm x w 17.0cm

Paper size: h 22.6cm x w 18.6cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Camera

Physical description: retouched

Inscription: in pencil, 5

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-4576

Collection: Science Museum Collection

Location: Sicily

Keywords: Italy Architecture Panorama

A figure seated against the railings appears blurred because they moved during the long photographic exposure.

This image forms one half of a panorama when viewed alongside it's partner, Schaaf number 3003.

The panorama photographs of Calvert Richard Jones feature in a Talbot project post.