Constance Talbot with her daughters by a rustic gazebo by WHF Talbot
Salt print depicting Constance Talbot with her daughters by a rustic gazebo. Part of an album of photographs by William Henry Fox Talbot.
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Before photography was invented, if you wanted to capture a scene you had to draw it. Frustrated by his poor drawing skills, William Henry Fox Talbot turned to chemistry instead. He travelled the world with his wife Constance, experimenting with photography. They were part of a community of people with time and money to spend on the new science of photography.
- Measurements:
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page: 255 mm x 315 mm
image: 152 mm x 189 mm
photograph: 188 mm x 225 mm
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1937-2536/22
- type:
- salt print
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
