Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00012634Winter Trees Reflected in a Pond
About the Artwork
Talbot captured tree branches flawlessly mirrored on the glassy surface of the pond at his family seat, the 13th-century Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire. A longer exposure, or a lusher season, would have risked a blurred image. The result was a radically abstract composition for its time—a starkly beautiful landscape, as expressive and personal as any painting.
Provenance
William Henry Fox Talbot [1800-1877] (the artist), Chippenham, United Kingdom ?-1930s: Matilda Theresa Talbot [1871-1956], Chippenham, United Kingdom 1930s: Science Museum, London, United Kingdom 1970s: Unknown 1970s-2006: (Robert Hershkowitz, Ltd., Sussex, United Kingdom) February 27, 2006: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- William Henry Fox Talbot (British, 1800–1877)
- Date
- 1841–42
- Medium
- salted paper print from calotype negative
- Dimensions
- Image: 16.4 x 19.1 cm (6 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.); Paper: 19.8 x 24.8 cm (7 13/16 x 9 3/4 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- Photograph
- Department
- Photography
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Accession no.
- 2006.4
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