Icon (at the roots of photography....)
Category
Photographs
Date
2014
Materials
Paper, Card
Measurements
507 x 406 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522447
Summary
A calotype, salt print that depicts an interior view of the oriel window at Lacock Abbey in a penciled frame. The salt print is on the left and the calotype is on the right. The image is mounted on heavy white card, with a heavy white card frame Markings: Verso.. Handwritten in pencil on the lefthandside of the positive image, "Icon (at the roots of photography....)", "Claudio Santambrogio 2014",
Provenance
Donated on 25 April 2014 to the Fox Talbot Museum by Claudio Santambrogio of Milan Italy.