The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 3346

The Norman Staircase, King's School, Canterbury

Object details

Image size: h 17.2cm x w 22.1cm

Paper size: h 17.5cm x w 22.3cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Camera

Physical description: waxed; bottom right corner torn away

Inscription: 83. in ink in the border

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-3089

Collection: Science Museum Collection

This object is part of Schaaf no. 3346

The Norman Staircase, King's School, Canterbury

Location: Canterbury

Keywords: Architecture

A view towards the Norman Staircase of King's School. The Staircase dates back to the 12th century and is one of the best preserved Norman staircases in England. Originally it lead to the High Hall (also known as the Aula Nova, North Hall, or Hog Hall), a guest house for pilgrim visitors. Much of the Hall was demolished in the 18th century, and more in the early 19th, with new school rooms  constructed over the arches in the 1850s.

A picnic basket and blanket sits in the middle distance.