William Henry Fox Talbot Album 14

Made:
1843-1844 in Oxford
maker:
William Henry Fox Talbot
William Henry Fox Talbot Album 14

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Small hardcover photograph album compiled by William Henry Fox Talbot during a trip to Oxford in 1843-1844. 37 plates with salt prints and descriptions written in black ink below each photograph. Inside of front cover has bookplate 'The Pencil of Nature'.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1937-2531
Materials:
paper (fibre product), cardboard, paint and ink
Measurements:
overall (closed): 151 mm x 178 mm
type:
photograph albums

Parts

An early photographic view of Merton College, Oxford taken by William Henry Fox Talbot in 1843. It is a salt print from a calotype (paper negative) and comes from an album mostly containing photographic views of Oxford by both William Henry Fox Talbot and Nicolaas Henneman.

Merton College, Oxford, 1843

An early photographic view of Merton College, Oxford taken by William Henry Fox Talbot in 1843. It is a salt print from a calotype (paper negative) and comes from an album mostly containing photographic views of Oxford by both William Henry Fox Talbot and Nicolaas Henneman.

Measurements:
overall: 99 mm x 82 mm
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
1937-2531/21
type:
photograph

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