The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 2998

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

Object details

Created: Between 1 Feb 1846 and 31 May 1846

Image size: h 21.7cm x w 16.9cm

Paper size: h 22.4cm x w 18.3cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Inscription: illegible inscription in the negative

Provenance:
Arnold Crane

Owner: J. Paul Getty Museum

Object owner number: 84.XM.1002.23

This object is part of Schaaf no. 2998

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

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