The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 4785

Copy of "Psyche, Calling Love to Her Aid" by C. A. Fraikin

Object details

Alternate titles

Copy of "Psyche, Calling Love to Her Aid" by C. A. Fraikin

Image size: h 19.1cm x w 24.4cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Physical description: waxed

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-2888

Collection: Science Museum Collection

This object is part of Schaaf no. 4785

Copy of "Psyche, Calling Love to Her Aid" by C. A. Fraikin

Keywords: Sculpture

A plaster version of this sculpture by Charles Auguste Fraikin (1817-1893) was displayed at the Great Exhibition of 1851 (catalogue number 465). The label accompanying it during the exhibition is just visible in the photograph, below the sculpture.

A Talbot project blog post is dedicated to photography and the Great Exhibition, which this photograph is related to.

The sculpture is now held by the Fraiklin Museum, Belgium.