William Henry Fox Talbot
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"Melrose Abbey, Scotland", 1844
Notation "LA32" in ink on verso. Watermark "J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1840". Printed around 1845 from a calotype negative. Vintage. Salt print, image 17.5 x 21 cm. Sheet 18.5 x 23 cm.
Provenance
Lacock Abbey Collection, England.
Christie's, London.
Karin & Lars Hall Collection. Acquired in 1980.10.30.
Exhibitions
Abecita Konstmuseum, "Ur Karin och Lars Hall Collection", 21 April - 1 July 2012.
Statoil Art Programme, Oslo, ”Icons of Photography, Treasures from the Karin and Lars Hall Collection”, 31 March – 15 August 2011
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, "396 Fotografiska förälskelser", 16 June – 19 August 2001.
Literature
Hans P. Kraus, JR, "Sun Pictures", Fine Photographs, Catalogue one, illustrated fullpage, pl. 18.
Camera Obscura, "Camera Obscura 1977-1981, volym 1", illustrated on p. 4.
More information
Marked in pencil "LA32", on verso. Numbering made by Smithsonians curator Eugene Ostroff during inventory of the Lacock Abbey - collection during the nineteen-sixties.