The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

Master record for Schaaf no. 4234

Portrait of a man wearing spectacles

Attributed to: William Henry Fox Talbot

Alternate titles

Possibly the Egyptologist and linguist, Professor Karl Richard Lepsius

Created: 6 Aug 1842

Keywords: Backdrop

This portrait was probably taken during the same sitting as Schaaf number 1302. He also possibly appears in a group portrait, in Schaaf number 943.

The sitter has been identified possibly as the Egyptologist and linguist, Professor Karl Richard Lepsius (1810-1884).