The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 393

Copy of a painting, possibly at Bowood House, Mother with two children and their dog

Object details

Alternate titles

Copy of a painting, possibly a portrait of Lady Elisabeth Feilding and Mary

Image size: h 20.7cm x w 15.7cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Camera

Physical description: extensive areas of retouching, including the dog (in pencil), to drapery, leaves and foliage; top and side edge trimmed unevenly

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-0919

Collection: Science Museum Collection

This object is part of Schaaf no. 393

Copy of a painting, possibly at Bowood House, Mother with two children and their dog

Location: Bowood House

Keywords: Portrait

The painting in the photograph is by a nineteenth century artist, possibly either Herman Winterhalter, or Franz Xaver Winterhalter.

There are traces of another artwork behind the framed portrait painting, possibly a fresco or mural.