The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 2247

1. Felce, 2. Alga

Object details

Created: Between 1 Jan 1839 and 15 Aug 1839

Image size: h 11.2cm x w 18.5cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Contact

Physical description: poor glass contact; lower corners clipped

Inscription: H.F. Talbot/ 1839 in ink by Talbot, verso; botanical specimens numbered in ink, probably by Bertoloni, recto; 1. Felce. 2. Alga in ink on album page by Bertoloni

Provenance:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1936
E.P. Goldschmidt & Co., London, February 1936
Mario Galanti, Paris, France
Antonio Bertoloni Album (3rd group), p. 19, Bologna, Italy

Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object owner number: 36.37(21)

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This object is part of Schaaf no. 2247

1. Felce, 2. Alga

Keywords: botanical

This shows a fern frond on the left, and Selaginella species (Selaginellaceae) on the right.