The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

Master record for Schaaf no. 913

XVIII. Gate of Christchurch.

Attributed to: William Henry Fox Talbot

Alternate titles

Plate XVIII, "The Pencil of Nature", fascicle 4, 21 June 1845

Created: Between 1 Aug 1835 and 30 Sep 1844

Location: Oxford

Keywords: Architecture

The tower above the gate of Christ Church, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, is known as Tom Tower.

There are blurred figures just visible in the image, caused because people moved around during the long photographic exposure