William Henry Fox Talbot
V. Bust of Patroclus.

CultureBritish
Titles
  • V. Bust of Patroclus.
  • from the book The Pencil of Nature
DateAugust 9, 1842
MediumSalted paper print from paper negative
DimensionsImage: 5 1/8 × 5 in. (13 × 12.7 cm)
Sheet: 5 1/8 × 5 in. (13 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2020.346.5
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
ProvenanceParts 1, 3, and 4 given by Lady Elizabeth Fielding (mother of William Henry Fox Talbot) to Rev. Jermyn Pratt, of Ryston Hall, Downham, Norfolk, England; by descent to his son, Edward Roger Murray Pratt (1847-1921); with Francis Edwards, London, 1966 (his catalogue 895); George Rinhart, Patterson, North Carolina; purchased by Miller-Plummer Collection of Photography [Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania]; [sold at Christies, NY, October 8, 2009, lot 552]; [purchased by Hans P. Kraus Jr. Fine Photographs, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Catalogue raisonnéSchaaf census, no. 51. Individual plates [in order] are Schaaf nos. 1461, 128, 68, 69, 190, 1574, 2771, 74, 312, 3664, 913.

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William Henry Fox Talbot
August 9, 1843
Salted paper print from paper negative
2020.346.10
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William Henry Fox Talbot
1844
Book of salted paper prints from paper negatives
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William Henry Fox Talbot
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Salted paper print from paper negative
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William Henry Fox Talbot
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Salted paper print from paper negative
2020.346.8
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William Henry Fox Talbot
April 9, 1843
Salted paper print from paper negative
2020.346.6
III. Articles of China.
William Henry Fox Talbot
1843–1844
Salted paper print from paper negative
2020.346.3
IV. Articles of Glass.
William Henry Fox Talbot
1844
Salted paper print from paper negative
2020.346.4
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William Henry Fox Talbot
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Salted paper print from paper negative
2020.346.1
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William Henry Fox Talbot
May 1843
Salted paper print from paper negative
2020.346.2
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William Henry Fox Talbot
before September 1844
Salted paper print from paper negative
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William Henry Fox Talbot
before June 1845
Salted paper print from paper negative
2020.346.9
Bust of Patroclus
William Henry Fox Talbot
August 9, 1843
Salted paper print from paper negative
2015.619