The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 3100

43. Vessels Aground, Swansea

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One of four images printed on a single sheet

Created: Between 1 Aug 1835 and 11 May 1847

Image size: h 9.3cm x w 11.3cm

Paper size: h 19.5cm x w 25.0cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Physical description: shares the page with Schaaf numbers 3049 (upper left), 2168 (lower right), and 3079 (lower left); deckled edge

Inscription: number inscribed in the negative; in pencil, verso, in Dudley Johnston's hand, Fox Talbot Collection No 51. Probably by Sir David Brewster; circular RPS ink stamp, verso

Provenance:
Victoria & Albert Museum, 2017
National Science and Media Museum, 2003 to 2017
Royal Photographic Society, number 025310B
Previous RPS number 51

Owner: Victoria and Albert Museum

Object owner number: RPS.312-2-2017

Collection: Royal Photographic Society Collection

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This object is part of Schaaf no. 3100

43. Vessels Aground, Swansea

Location: Swansea

Keywords: Ship Ships Harbour Dock Quay Wales

A schooner and brig aground near Swansea

The edges of the image are uneven, due to uneven chemical coating in the original photographic negative. The edges of the paper negative create a second border in prints made from the negative.

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