William Henry Fox Talbot
The Tomb of Sir Walter Scott

The Tomb of Sir Walter Scott

Public Domain

The Tomb of Sir Walter Scott
ArtistBritish, 1800–1877
CultureBritish
Titles
  • The Tomb of Sir Walter Scott
DateOctober 1844
PlaceEngland
MediumSalted paper print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/16 × 8 1/8 in. (18.6 × 20.6 cm)
 Sheet: 7 3/8 × 8 3/4 in. (18.7 × 22.3 cm)
 Mount: 14 × 16 in. (35.6 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Lynch Foundation, courtesy of Mrs. Efrem Kurtz in honor of David Warren
Object number94.615
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Robert Miller Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1994.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "A Love Affair with Pictures: 25 Years of Collecting Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," MFAH, Lower Jones and Masterson Galleries, October 14 - December 30, 2001.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in ink on sheet verso: LA37
The photograph is not signed.
Catalogue raisonnéSC2801

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