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Henry Fox Talbot
Melrose Abbey, Scotland
[Sun Pictures in Scotland]
1844
Salt print, from calotype negative
Private collection of John Hannavy
LL/31323
"The paper was prepared in the inn at Galashiels, several miles distant, and it retained its sensibility during some hours sufficiently well." William Henry Fox Talbot 1845
When Talbot arrived at Melrose in the late autumn of 1844, the abbey was deserted and overgrown - the romantic ruin so beloved of the Victorian artists and, later, photographers. (John Hannavy, 2008)
This photograph was included in the book by John Hannavy "Great Photographic Journeys - in the footsteps of Pioneer British Photographers" (Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2008 - # ISBN-10: 1904587542, # ISBN-13: 978-1904587545)
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