The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 3515

Man with a crutch beside a grinding wheel and ladder

Object details

Image size: h 18.9cm x w 15.1cm

Paper size: h 19.7cm x w 16.0cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-2500

Collection: Science Museum Collection

This object is part of Schaaf no. 3515

Man with a crutch, seated beside a grinding wheel and ladder

The sitter in this rustic composition is possibly a gamekeeper. The grinding wheel nearby was probably used to sharpen tools and knives. The circular image pattern, similar to vignetting, is caused by the optics of the camera lens coverage.