This photograph of the Pavilion, in spite of its blemishes and blurred outlines, deserves a page all to itself. It is of course, only a copy recently produced, from an original said to have been taken by W.H. Fox Talbot, Britain’s pioneer photographer in 1845 or thereabouts. Doubtless this original is the oldest existing photograph of the Pavilion, and probably the only one remaining to show the building still in the ownership of the Crown. I think the sentry box at the extreme right is significant. It appears in no other of the countless photographs of the collection in my collection.
The photograph shows the northern part of the east front and it seems likely that Mr Fox Talbot’s camera was mounted in an upstairs room of a house in Pavilion Parade.
Image Reference: JG_10_088.tif
Date: c.1845
Image Details: Copy
Size of Original: 201x155
Place: Brighton
Additional Information: ©Philippe Garner
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