Butterfly a delicate drawing
Category
Photographs
Date
2014
Materials
Paper
Measurements
127 x 186 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522457
Summary
A calotype, salt print that depicts a view of a small tree/bush in front of a stone wall. There is a small buttress on one side and a thin column on the other side that seems to frame either a doorway or a window. The salt print is on the left and the calotype is on the right. Markings: Recto. Handwritten in pencil around the top of the calotype, "a delicate drawing". Verso. Handwritten in pencil around the edges of the salt print, "Butterfly(a delicate drawing...)", "Claudio Santambrogio 2014".
Provenance
Donated on 25 April 2014 to the Fox Talbot Museum by Claudio Santambrogio of Milan Italy.