William Henry Fox Talbot's home, Lacock Abbey

William Henry Fox Talbot

Lacock Abbey

c.1844

© Reproduced from the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television collection,
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Lacock Abbey

Here is a photograph of Lacock Abbey, the home of the Talbot family, taken by W H F Talbot in 1844.

The photograph appeared in Pencil of Nature, a book published by Talbot in 1844 to illustrated with 24 salt prints to the potential of photography. About 200 copies of this book were produced, with the salt prints tipped in to each by hand.

Acknowledgement: Details of the photograph above are taken from 'Photography: Processes, Conservation and Preservation', a Special Exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York in 2001.