'The Ladder', Lacock Abbey

Category

Library Item

Item no

3892

Title

'The Ladder', Lacock Abbey

Description

Two men stand at the bottom of a ladder. A third man stands in a doorway at the top of the ladder. Plants grow up the outside of the building.

Artist / maker

Talbot, William Henry Fox

Date

1844

Size

16.7 x 18 cm

Type

Salted paper print

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Annotation below item reads ' "The Ladder" by William Henry Fox Talbot. Lacock Abbey 1844. Reproduced in Helmut Gernsheim's History of Photography, 1955, pl.87. This calotype forms Plate 14 in "The Pencil of Nature" (E.U.L. copy)'

Lacock Abbey is located in the county of Wiltshire, England. It was founded as an abbey in the 13th century but converted to a house in the 16th century. It is perhaps most famous for having been the home to William Henry Fox Talbot. The house is now owned by the National Trust. Attractions for visitors include a museum dedicated to Talbot and his pioneering photographic work.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Doors and doorways

People > Adults > Men

Places > United Kingdom > Wiltshire

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