The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 1006

Two Sailors by the wheel of the H.M.S. Superb, Plymouth

Object details

Created: Between 1 Sep 1845 and 30 Sep 1845

Image size: h 16.5cm x w 22.1cm

Paper size: h 18.5cm x w 22.5cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Physical description: two corners clipped; fingerprint

Inscription: in ink, recto, H.M.S. Superb; in ink, 3/- [possibly three shillings]

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-4447

Collection: Science Museum Collection

This object is part of Schaaf no. 1006

Two Sailors by the wheel of the H.M.S. Superb, Plymouth

Location: Plymouth

Keywords: Ship

The quarterdeck and poop deck of the 80-gun three-decker, H.M.S. Superb. One of the sailors photographed appears to be an officer.

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