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William Henry Fox Talbot

Melbury 1800 – 1877 Lacock Abbey

Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire. 1844

Salt contact print, worked by Harold White. 15,5 × 20,5 cm (18,6 × 22,6 cm) (6 ⅛ × 8 ⅛ in. (7 ⅜ × 8 ⅞ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: William Henry Fox Talbot. Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire. 1844.

Estimate:

EUR 5,000

 

- 7,000

USD 5,490

 

- 7,690

Sold for:

7,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn 2019

Photography, Wednesday, 27.11.2019

Information

Salt contact print, worked by Harold White. 15,5 × 20,5 cm (18,6 × 22,6 cm) (6 ⅛ × 8 ⅛ in. (7 ⅜ × 8 ⅞ in.)). On the reverse monogrammed by Harold White in black ink: "I. HW.“ Dated, titled and numbered: "LA 15“ in pencil and black ink by further hands. Catalogue raisonné: Schaaf 74.

William Henry Fox Talbot: The Pencil of Nature. London 1844 (Reprint New York 1969), pl. XV / Exh. cat.: Huellas de Luz. El Arte y los Experimentos de William Henry Fox Talbot. Madrid, el Palacio de Veázquez, 2001, p. 245 / Exh. cat.: William Henry Fox Talbot and the Birth of Photography. New York City, The International Center of Photography; San Diego, The Museum of Photographic Arts, 2002/03, p. 77 (there dated: before September 1844, possibly May 1840)

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