Photomicrograph of section of a plant stem?

Made:
no date
maker:
William Henry Fox Talbot

Photomicrograph of section of a plant stem?

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1937-4144
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
Overall: 127 mm x 189 mm
type:
salt print

Parts

Photomicrograph of plant stem

Photomicrograph of plant stem

Photomicrograph of plant stem taken by William Henry Fox Talbot c.1840

Measurements:
overall: 188 mm x 122 mm
Object Number:
1937-4144/3
type:
salt print and photomicrograph
Photomicrograph of a diatom as seen through a solar microscope

Photomicrograph of a diatom as seen through a solar microscope

An early photomicrograph of a diatom as seen through a solar microscope, taken by William Henry Fox Talbot around 1840. It is a salt paper print from a calotype (paper negative).

Salt print from a calotype negative

Measurements:
overall: 124 mm x 189 mm
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
1937-4144/5
type:
photograph