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Sir Walter Scott's Monument, Edinburgh; as it appeared when nearly finished, in October 1844.
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William Henry Fox TalbotPhotographer · 1800–1877
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In 1833, after failed attempts at drawing using the camera lucida, an optical tool, William Henry Fox Talbot wrote: "[H]ow charming it would be if it were possible to cause these natural images to imprint themselves durably, and remain fixed upon the paper!" Talbot, a scientist, mathematician, and author, is credited with being one of the inventors of photography. In mid-1834 he began to experimen
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- October 1844
- Medium
- Salted paper print from a paper negative
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- British
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- Photographs
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- Getty Museum
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- d0b88e35-61b4-443e-a998-6233ad7a441e
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