The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 3710

Portrait painting of Barbara Slingsby, propped up in the Cloister at Lacock Abbey

Object details

Image size: h 17.8cm x w 21.4cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Mount: album page

Physical description: clipped corners; trimmed to the image edge

Provenance:
The British Library, gift of Janet and Petronella Burnett-Brown, 1 March 2006
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Abbey, National Trust (01765); Talbot Album No. 7, FTM NB6

Owner: The British Library

Object owner number: Talbot Photo 12(7)

Collection: Talbot Collection

This object is part of Schaaf no. 3710

Portrait painting of Barbara Slingsby, propped up in the Cloister at Lacock Abbey

Location: Lacock Abbey

Keywords: Art

Barbara Slingsby (1602-1658) was an ancestor of Talbot. The oil painting portrait of her is by a follower of Peter Lely.

There is a project blog dedicated to this photograph which gives more information on Barbara Slingsby and why Talbot may have thought the portrait was worth taking down from the wall and taken outside to have it's photograph taken.

Image from the collections of the British Library (usage terms: Public Domain)

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