Gateway at Usk Castle, Monmouthshire, n.d.

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MS. 21088 photogr. 4, item 21

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Gateway at Usk Castle, Monmouthshire.

Along the lower edge of the album page, written in ink, the image is captioned "Gateway at Usk Castle".

Affixed to the reverse of the album leaf is a newspaper clipping about Henry Fox Talbot, titled The "Father of Photography". On the album page, handwritten in pencil lengthways alongside the newspaper clipping, is text that reads "Henry Fox Talbot was half brother to M[rs] Gaisford (Horatia) whose mother Lady E. Feilding [sic] had previously been the wife of W. D. Talbot of Lacock Abbey who died July 1800".

Dates

Creation: n.d.

Extent

1 item

Language of Materials

English

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This material is light-sensitive. To ensure its availability to future readers, access to this material is restricted, and requires specialist support. Readers are asked to work from reproductions and published descriptions as far as possible. To apply to see the original, please send a message to specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk, outlining the subject of your research, the importance of this item to that research, and the resources you have already consulted.

Shelfmark

MS. 21088 photogr. 4, item 21

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

See also the Talbot Catalogue Raisonné, a detailed inventory of Talbot photographs located around the world. The Catalogue Raisonné is organised by Schaaf number. The Schaaf number for this item is Schaaf 2078.