The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 3640

6. St. Paul's Bay, Malta, scene of the shipwreck of St Paul

Object details

Created: Between 1 Feb 1846 and 31 May 1846

Image size: h 18.6cm x w 22.5cm

Paper size: h 19.1cm x w 23.9cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-4655

Collection: Science Museum Collection

This object is part of Schaaf no. 3640

6. St. Paul's Bay, Malta, scene of the shipwreck of Saint Paul

Location: Malta

Keywords: Panorama

It's suggested this is one half of a panorama, but it's not clear what the second half of the panorama is. Other photographs of St. Paul's Bay by Calvert Richard Jones are related and imply what the second half of the panorama might look like, but don't quite look right. Possibly because, when placed alongside each other it looks like the same figures appear in both halves of the panorama at the same time.

The panorama photographs of Calvert Richard Jones feature in a Talbot project post