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William Henry Fox Talbot: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born February 11, 1800 • England
Died September 17, 1877 (aged 77) • near Chippenham • England
Notable Works “The Pencil of Nature”
Subjects Of Study calotype • photogenic drawing • photolyphic engraving

Photos

William Henry Fox Talbot
“The Haystack” by William Henry Fox Talbot
Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Tree, Forest of Fontainebleau, albumen silver print from wet-collodion glass negative by Gustave Le Gray, c. 1856; in the Art Institute of Chicago.
Gustave Le Gray
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