William Henry Fox Talbot
The Fruit Sellers

ArtistBritish, born Netherlands, 1813–1898
CultureBritish
Titles
  • The Fruit Sellers
Date1843
MediumSalted paper print from paper negative
DimensionsImage: 6 3/4 × 8 5/16 in. (17.1 × 21.1 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/4 × 8 7/8 in. (18.4 × 22.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc., The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.695
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceEx-collection Lacock Abbey; Christie's, London, November 10, 1988.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Christie's South Kensington Ltd., on 11/9/1984.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil, verso, lower left corner: "1480" [underlined]
Marked in black ink, lower right corner: "LA300"
There is no evident signature.
Catalogue raisonnéSC1917

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