An Ancient Door in Magdalen College, Oxford

April 1843

William Henry Fox Talbot

Associated Names
William Henry Fox Talbot

Artist, British, 1800 - 1877

This is a photograph of a Gothic-style doorway set in a stone church or cathedral wall. The image captures an ornate arched entrance with intricate carvings and architectural details. Above the doorway are decorative statues positioned in carved niches. The surrounding stone is old and weathered. To the left, foliage partially obscures some of the wall. Shadows play across the stone surface, indicating the photograph was taken during daytime. The overall tone of the photograph is sepia.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    salted paper print

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 18.8 x 22.7 cm (7 3/8 x 8 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1997.28.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Isaacs Photographs, Malvern, PA); purchased with donated funds by NGA, 1997.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 86.

1999

  • Photographs from the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999.

Bibliography

1976

  • Lloyd, Valerie. Photography: The First Eighty Years. London, 1976: p. 17, no. 23.

1989

  • Schaff, Larry J., ed. H. Fox Talbot's "The Pencil of Nature": Anniversary Facsimile. New York, 1989: p. 68, fig. 36.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right verso in black ink: LA129

Wikidata ID

Q64169901

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