salt print of a bookplate
- Made:
- 1844
- maker:
- William Henry Fox Talbot
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LicenseDecorative photographic bookplate on the inside front cover of
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Decorative photographic bookplate on the inside front cover of the album is the inscription, ‘E.T.F. This salt print from calotype (paper negative) is part of an album known as, ‘Lady Elisabeth’s album’. Lady Elisabeth Feilding was Talbot’s mother, 1844’, which is the monogram of Lady Elisabeth Feilding. All the photographs in the album have their titles written underneath in Lady Elisabeth’s hand.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Object Number:
- 1937-2535/1
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- type:
- photograph and salt print
- credit:
- Matilda Talbot
