A butterfly for firefoot (fleur de lys...)
Category
Photographs
Date
2014
Materials
Paper, Card
Measurements
507 x 406 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522446
Summary
A calotype, salt print that depicts a horse's head in a penciled frame. The horse has a bridle and bit fitted and whilst the negative looks like a rocking horse, the positive is more lifelike. The salt print positive is to the right of the calotype negative. The image is mounted on heavy white card, with a heavy white card frame Markings: Recto. Handwritten in pencil in the bottom lefthand corner of the lefthand image, " firefoot".
Provenance
Donated on 25 April 2014 to the Fox Talbot Museum by Claudio Santambrogio of Milan Italy.