Wings of a lantern fly, as seen in a solar microscope
- Made:
- circa 1840
- photographer:
- William Henry Fox Talbot
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Calotype negative, hypo fixed, wings of a lantern fly, as seen in a solar microscope, by William Henry Fox Talbot, probably about 1840.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Object Number:
- 1937-4139
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
-
print: 155 mm x 115 mm
frame: 16 in x 20 in
- type:
- salt print and photomicrograph
- credit:
- Matilda Talbot
