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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1981.7
People
William Henry Fox Talbot, British (Melbury, Dorset, Great Britain 1800 - 1877 Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, Great Britain)
Title
The Bridge of Sighs, St. John's College, Cambridge
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1845
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/285303

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Salted paper print, coated with beeswax and lavender oil
Technique
Salted paper print
Dimensions
sheet: 18.3 x 22.5 cm (7 3/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
image: 16.2 x 20.9 cm (6 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Margaret W. Weston, Carmel, CA, gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1981. [The Weston Gallery Inc., Box 655, Carmel, CA]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Margaret W. Weston in honor of Ansel Adams
Accession Year
1981
Object Number
P1981.7
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 334, p. 286, repr.

Exhibition History

  • The Age of Romanticism, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/15/1986 - 05/18/1986
  • HAA 1 Survey Course: Survey of World Art: Reproduction/Production, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/29/2005 - 04/10/2005

Verification Level

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