Oct 22, 2009 - Sale 2191

Sale 2191 - Lot 3

Unsold
Estimate: $ 18,000 - $ 22,000
TALBOT, WILLIAM HENRY FOX (1800-1877)
Select group of 5 elegant photographs represented in "Sun Pictures in Scotland." Salted paper prints from calotype negatives, sizes approximately 4 1/2x6 1/2 (1) and 6 3/4x8 1/4 (3) inches (11.4x16.5 and 17.1x21 cm.), all with the notations "LA," in ink, on verso. 1844

Additional Details

"Effigy of Sir Walter Scott's Favorite Dog Maida" ("LA 30") "Loch Katrine Pier, Scene of Lady of the Lake," ("LA 35") "Loch Katrine," perimeter ("LA 36") "Melrose Abbey," ruins ("LA 37") "The Tomb of Sir Walter Scott, in Dryburgh Abbey," ("LA 31").


From the Collection of James B. Parks.


Includes Schaaf 2787 & 2801.


Sun Pictures in Scotland, unpaginated.


The Photographic Art of William Henry Fox Talbot, 87, 88.


First Photographs, William Henry Fox Talbot and the Birth of Photography, 118, 121, 122.