Wings of a lantern fly, as seen in a solar microscope

Made:
circa 1840
photographer:
William Henry Fox Talbot

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