P1981.7: The Bridge of Sighs, St. John's College, Cambridge
Photographs
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- P1981.7
- People
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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
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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
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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
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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
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