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Salt print of single branch of grass by William Henry Fox Talbot, 1839

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Dep. d. 996, fol. 12

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Salt print of single branch of grass by William Henry Fox Talbot. Annotated 'fx' on the verso. A variant appears in the Bertoloni album, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, which bears the inscription 'H.F.Talbot photogr. 1839... Bromus Maximus. Genoa.'

Dates

  • Creation: 1839

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

  • No linguistic content; Not applicable

Conditions Governing Access

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Shelfmark

Dep. d. 996, fol. 12

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 2297.

Existence and Location of Copies

A digital surrogate for this item is available in Digital Bodleian.

Physical Facet

Artifact type: Salted Paper Print; Process type: Photogenic Drawing; Type: Loose print

Dimensions

Image dimensions: height 161mm x width 210mm

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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