Object within Schaaf no. 4234

Portrait of a man wearing spectacles

Created: 6 Aug 1842

Image size: h 7.4cm x w 6.0cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Camera

Physical description: top corners clipped; marked with chemical spots; waxed

Inscription: in pencil, verso, 6

Provenance:
The British Library, gift of Janet and Petronella Burnett-Brown, 1 March 2006
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Abbey, National Trust (00458)

Owner: The British Library

Object owner number: Talbot Photo 3(95)

Collection: Talbot Collection

Verso view

Keywords: Backdrop

This portrait was probably taken during the same sitting as Schaaf number 1302. He also possibly appears in a group portrait, in Schaaf number 943.

The sitter has been identified possibly as the Egyptologist and linguist, Professor Karl Richard Lepsius (1810-1884).