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

Alternate titles

Possibly a gamekeeper

Image size: h 18.8cm x w 14.8cm

Plate size: h 18.8cm x w 15.1cm

Paper size: h 19.7cm x w 15.6cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Inscription: pencil 6 verso

Provenance:
Kath Burnett Brown purchase 23.5.1967

Owner: Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History

Object owner number: 67.172.43

Collection: Photographic History 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.