Scanned from a slide by Adam Pape. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

The Minster from Lendal

Artist William Henry Fox Talbot (English, 1800 - 1877)

CultureEnglish

DateJuly 1845

MediumSalt print (photograph) from calotype negative

DimensionsOverall, Image: 6 1/4 × 8 in. (15.9 × 20.3 cm)
Overall, Support: 7 5/16 × 8 7/8 in. (18.6 × 22.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 15 15/16 × 19 15/16 in. (40.5 × 50.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number91.30

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a salt print photograph from a calotype negative.

Label TextWilliam Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800-1877 The Minister from Lendal, 1845 Salt print (photograph) from calotype negative Museum purchase 91.30 Exhibition History"A History of Photography: 15 Years at the Chrysler Museum," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., September 11, 1993 - March 6, 1994. "Silver Images: The Photography Collection at 25," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., November 5, 2003 - August 2004. "Photographic Histories," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - August 17, 2014.