"A Scene in York" - York Minster from Lop Lane | The Art Institute of Chicago

Photography and Media

July 28, 1845

William Henry Fox Talbot
English, 1800–1877

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: William Henry Fox Talbot
Title: "A Scene in York" - York Minster from Lop Lane
Place: England (Object made in)
Date: Made 1845
Medium: Salted paper print
Inscriptions: No markings recto or verso
Dimensions: 16.2 × 20.4 cm (image); 18.6 × 22.5 cm (paper)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Everett Kovler
Reference Number: 1967.146
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