Talk: Rose Teanby - Constance Talbot, early photographer and lifelong artist.
Wednesday 5. November at 13:00 - 14:00 BST
Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre ,The Bodleian Library, Oxford
Online
This talk, illuminates the life of Constance Talbot, wife of William Henry Fox Talbot. Recent research into artworks and photographs from the Bodleian and British Library Talbot collections throw a new light on her status as one of the earliest women photographers in Britain. Drawings from her family home in Derby, sketches at Lake Como and watercolours of Lacock Abbey show Constance's lifelong dedication to art. Re-creating her first documented photograph also brings a 21st century insight into the challenges she faced as an early photographer. Combining her preserved letters with artworks and photographs brings us closer to the truth about Constance Talbot's unique place in photographic history.
Supported by The Centre for British Photography.
Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre ,The Bodleian Library • Weston Library Broad Street, OX1 3BG Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
