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The Bridge of Sighs, St. John's College, Cambridge

(English, 1800–1877)
about 1845
Medium/TechniquePhotograph, salt print from calotype negative
DimensionsImage/Sheet (one rounded corner): 16.5 x 19.7 cm (6 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.
Mount (slightly variable): 19.9 x 25.1 cm (7 13/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit LineCharles Amos Cummings Fund
Accession number1983.256
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
InscriptionsInscribed in ink on verso: "LA 144" (Refers to Lacock Abbey)
ProvenanceThackery and Robertson, San Francisco, CA; purchased June 1983.
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