Diminished copy of a Charter relating to Lacock Abbey, n.d.

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MS. 21088 photogr. 4, item 24

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Diminished copy of a Charter relating to Lacock Abbey.

Along the lower edge of the album page, written in ink, the image is captioned "diminised copy of a Charter at Laycock [sic] Abbey".

On the verso, written in pencil, is a paragraph of text reading, "Diary of Thomas Moore - Aug 18. 1841. Having arranged with Hume to take a short trip with him to Ireland started for Lacock Abbey this morning on my way to town – The day beautiful & I found grouped in full sunshine on the grass before the house Kit Talbot, Lady E Feilding, Lady Charlotte and M[rs] Talbot for the purpose of being photogrized[?] by Henry Talbot who was busily preparing his apparatus."

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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 24

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Lacock Abbey is a country house and former nunnery located in the village of Lacock, Wiltshire. It came into the ownership of successive generations of the Talbot family and was inherited by Henry Fox Talbot in the 19th century. Many aspects of the site feature in his photographs, including the cloister. His granddaughter, Matilda Theresa Talbot, inherited the Abbey in 1916 and donated the property to the National Trust in 1944.

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 376.