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William Henry Fox Talbot

Portraits of Talbot

Photograph of Talbot taken by John Moffat in 1864 ©

W H F Talbot  -  May 1864

Photograph by John Moffat, Edinburgh

Fathers of Photography  -  William Henry Fox Talbot  -  One of thirteen portraits published in the Supplement to the August 1891 edition of The Practical Photographer ©

W H F Talbot  -  May 1864

Engraving from photograph by John Moffat

Talbot  -  Hair up, collar down ©

Photograph by Ivan Szabo

Hair up, collar down

Talbot  -  Hair down, collar up ©

Photograph by Ivan Szabo

Hair down, collar up

 

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William Henry Fox Talbot

Photos, Sketches and Engravings

Camera Obscura as used by William Henry Fox Talbot for sketching in 1833. ©

Camera Obscura

Cameras used by Talbot  -  1835 to 1839 ©

Talbot's Cameras

1835 to 1837

Cameras used by Talbot  -  1840 to 1842 ©

Talbot's Cameras

1840 to 1842

Sketch of Lake Como in Italy by Talbot  -  October 1833 ©

Sketch by Talbot

Shadowgraph of a leaf fern produced by Talbot in 1836 ©

Shadowgraph by Talbot

  Talbot's Printing Establishment at Reading, photographed around 1846 ©

Talbot's Printing Works

William Henry Fox Talbot's home, Lacock Abbey ©

Lacock Abbey

Print made from the oldest negative in existence  -  The Latticed Window at Lacock Abbey, photographed by Talbot in 1835 ©

Latticed Window

William Henry Fox Talbot   - Portrait 1842 ©

Portrait  -  1842

William Henry Fox Talbot   -  Talbot's Daughters ©

Talbot's daughters

William Henry Fox Talbot  -  Lacock Abbey Coachman ©

Lacock Abbey Coachman

William Henry Fox Talbot's Half-Sister ©

Talbot's half-sister

 

William Henry Fox Talbot

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Discovery of Photography

Life in England

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Correspondence

 

 

 

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