ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT | PORTRAIT OF A MAN IN PROFILE

ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT

1800-1877

PORTRAIT OF A MAN IN PROFILE

calotype negative, '6' in pencil on the reverse, circa 1841; accompanied by a modern print, mounted, annotated 'Print from an original negative taken by Fox Talbot. It is one of the male servants at Lacock Abbey. Early calotype circa 1841' by Harold White in ink on the mount (Schaaf 5167) (2)

The calotype negative 3¾ by 3 in. (9.5 by 7.6 cm.)

The enlargement 6¼ by 6⅛ in. (15.9 by 15.6 cm.)