The Open Door, Lacock
Category
Photographs
Date
2014
Materials
Paper
Measurements
1930 x 1052 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522444
Summary
A cyanotype print on a very large sheet of heavy white paper, the blue image depicts a door. Verso are 2 panels, one has "star-like" motifs in white on it, on the other, rather like a brass rubbing is the inscription, "In memory of William Henry Fox Talbot of Lacock Abbey Esq FRS LLD only child of William Davenport Talbot Esq and the Right Honble Lady Elisabeth Therese Talbot". Markings: Verso, handwritten in pencil, "Ginger Owen made at Lacock Artist in Residence September 2014. The Open Door: in memory of WHF Talbot"