Title

WH Fox Talbot, British photography pioneer, 1901. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

WH Fox Talbot, British photography pioneer, 1901. William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) is best known for his development of the calotype, an early photographic process that was an improvement over the daguerreotype of the French inventor Louis Daguerre. Talbot's calotypes involved the use of a photographic negative, from which multiple prints could be made. Had his method been announced a few weeks earlier, he and not Daguerre would probably be remembered as the founder of photography. Photo published in The Process Year Book, by AW Penrose & Co, London, 1901. (Colorised black and white print).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1901

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D08_209

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (5,6Mb) / 11,5in x 16,9in / 3454 x 5060 (300dpi)

Keywords

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