Lot 2184: William Henry Fox Talbot Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire

William Henry Fox Talbot
Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire
Salt contact print, worked by Harold White
On the reverse monogrammed by Harold White in black ink: "I. HW.“ Dated, titled and numbered: "LA 15“ in pencil and black ink by further hands
6 1/8 × 8 1/8 in. (7 3/8 × 8 7/8 in.)

1844

William Henry Fox Talbot: The Pencil of Nature. London 1844 (Reprint New York 1969), pl. XV / Exh. cat.: Huellas de Luz. El Arte y los Experimentos de William Henry Fox Talbot. Madrid, el Palacio de Veázquez, 2001, p. 245 / Exh. cat.: William Henry Fox Talbot and the Birth of Photography. New York City, The International Center of Photography; San Diego, The Museum of Photographic Arts, 2002/03, p. 77 (there dated: before September 1844, possibly May 1840)