Talbot and a cascade of books.
Category
Photographs
Date
2012
Materials
Paper
Measurements
710 x 510 x 5 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522537
Summary
Salted paper print, from Calotype negative, by Laura Hartford, in portrait format, depicting a cascade of books, including one with a photograph of Talbot, by the latticed window at Lacock Abbey. The print is mounted on heavy white card, with the top aperture piece hinged along the top edge with white tape. Markings: Verso of mount: Handwritten in pencil: "LH3". In the summer of 2012 Laura Hartford completed a month-long residence making calotypes at Lacock Abbey.
Provenance
Donated on 6 August 2013 to the Fox Talbot Museum by L. Hartford.