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Photograph, carte-de-visite of W H Fox Talbot by J Moffat, 103 Princes Street, Edinburgh, no date (1860-1870) (seated working on parts of camera).
William Henry Fox Talbot (1802 – 1877) invented the calotype process. Developing the first reliable method for printing photographs from a negative, between 1835 – 1840.
John Moffat first opened a photographic studio in Edinburgh in 1853, and operated a number of successful studios across the city.
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- Category:
- Photographs
- Object Number:
- 2001-5100
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
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overall: 100 mm x 63 mm
image: 94 mm x 60 mm
- type:
- carte-de-visite
- credit:
- National Media Museum, Bradford
