The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 2734

Place du Martroi in Orléans with the Cathedral in the distance

Object details

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Place du Martroi in Orléans with the Cathedral in the distance

Created: 14 Jun 1843

Image size: h 16.1cm x w 19.8cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Camera

Physical description: corners clipped

Inscription: in pencil, in Talbot's hand, verso, Orleans 14 June

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-2312

Collection: Science Museum Collection

This object is part of Schaaf no. 2734

Place du Martroi in Orléans with the Cathedral in the distance

Location: Orléans

Keywords: Orleans France

The view is from the Place du Martroi looking east. The roof of the church of Saint-Pierre du Martroi is in the mid foreground while the towers of the west facade of the cathedral of Sainte-Croix are on the horizon.