Object within Schaaf no. 3705

View of the River Thames towards Westminster, from Talbot's flat in Cecil Street

Created: Between 1 Jun 1841 and 30 Jun 1841

Image size: h 13.4cm x w 18.4cm

Paper size: h 18.8cm x w 22.8cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Mount: brown paper album page

Physical description: top edge is 18.3cm wide; left edge is 13.3cm high; print corners clipped

Inscription: date inscribed along the bottom edge of the negative, June 1841; pencil X recto

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-0366/050

Collection: Science Museum Collection

Location: London

The earliest known panoramic photographic view of London.

The construction of the Hungerford Bridge would later obscure this view. For more information, see the project blog dedicated to this image.