William Henry Fox Talbot's half-sister

Lacock Abbey

Coachman

Coachman

William Henry Fox Talbot  -  Lacock Abbey Coachman

©  Reproduced from the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television collection,
by courtesy of the Science and Society Picture Library.   Click here for link to web site.

Lacock Abbey Coachman

Above is one of the earliest of Talbot's portraits.  It is of the Coachman at his home, Lacock Abbey.

Despite being taken out of doors, this calotype required an exposure of three minutes.

 

 

William Henry Fox Talbot

Discovery of Photography

Life in England

Connections with Edinbrugh

Correspondence

Photos, Sketches and Engravings

Pencil of Nature

 

 

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