Harvard Art Museums > P1981.7: The Bridge of Sighs, St. John's College, Cambridge Photographs Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Bridge of Sighs, St. John's College, Cambridge (William Henry Fox Talbot) , P1981.7,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/285303. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number P1981.7 People William Henry Fox Talbot, British (Melbury, Dorset, Great Britain 1800 - 1877 Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, Great Britain) Title The Bridge of Sighs, St. John's College, Cambridge Classification Photographs Work Type photograph Date c. 1845 Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/285303 Physical Descriptions Medium Salted paper print, coated with beeswax and lavender oil Technique Salted paper print Dimensions sheet: 18.3 x 22.5 cm (7 3/16 x 8 7/8 in.) image: 16.2 x 20.9 cm (6 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Margaret W. Weston, Carmel, CA, gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1981. [The Weston Gallery Inc., Box 655, Carmel, CA] Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Margaret W. Weston in honor of Ansel Adams Accession Year 1981 Object Number P1981.7 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 334, p. 286, repr. Exhibition History The Age of Romanticism, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/15/1986 - 05/18/1986 HAA 1 Survey Course: Survey of World Art: Reproduction/Production, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/29/2005 - 04/10/2005 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
