The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 3675

Gothick arch at Lacock Abbey

Object details

Created: 24 Dec 1840

Image size: h 17.1cm x w 19.8cm

Paper size: h 18.5cm x w 22.7cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Mount: Album page

Physical description: corners of the negative clipped, one corner clipped obliquely

Inscription: pencil X recto

Provenance:
The British Library, gift of Janet and Petronella Burnett-Brown, 1 March 2006
Lacock Abbey, National Trust (01560)
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Abbey, LA 2228 NB5
Album originally belonged to Mlle Amélina Petit de Billier

Owner: The British Library

Object owner number: Talbot Photo 15(18)

Collection: Talbot Collection

This object is part of Schaaf no. 3675

Gothick arch at Lacock Abbey

Location: Lacock Abbey

Keywords: Architecture

The arch is not true medieval Gothic. It is part of the Gothic revival (also known as Gothick) additions to Lacock Abbey designed as by Sanderson Miller in the eighteenth century.

The Gothic revival additions to Lacock Abbey are discussed in a project blog.

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