The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 3257

Two naval officers on a terrace, possibly Paris

Object details

Image size: h 16.1cm x w 21.3cm

Paper size: h 17.5cm x w 21.3cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Camera

Physical description: waxed; folded

Inscription: in ink recto, top border: Pray let 6 copies of this be sent to me - one to Mrs Wilkinson 24 Russell Street, Southsea, Hants one to Commander Sparks. R.N. 3 Dorset Place, Radipole Weymouth; in ink verso: 479

Provenance:
The British Library, gift of Janet and Petronella Burnett-Brown, 1 March 2006
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Abbey, National Trust (00267)

Owner: The British Library

Object owner number: Talbot Photo 1(340)

Collection: Talbot Collection

This object is part of Schaaf no. 3257

Two naval officers on a terrace, possibly Paris

Keywords: Architecture Military Portrait Sculpture

Portrait photograph of two naval officers; one leans on the balustrade, he wears a cap and has a rifle by his side. The second person is seated in an upright chair and wears shoulder boards and holds his cap on one knee. The balustrade is topped by two busts; the furthest depicts a woman whilst the one in the foreground is of a classical bearded figure