Dageurreotype of a Babylonian inscription
MS. WHF Talbot photogr. 19
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Dageurreotype of a Babylonian inscription
Shelfmark
MS. WHF Talbot photogr. 19
Summary
Boxed daguerreotype of the 'Babylonian Inscription at Middle Hill', inscribed in ink in Sir Thomas Phillipps' hand on the cover of its wooden box, with a copy letter from 1975 from the British Museum.
Date
1856, 1975
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box
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Collection contents
Archive of William Henry Fox Talbot and the Talbot family
Papers of William Henry Fox Talbot
Photographs
Photographs sent to or collected by Talbot
Dageurreotype of a Babylonian inscription
