
William Henry Fox Talbot
Photographer · 1800–1877
338 works across 2 collections on LinkedCulture
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
Works
View as IIIF ↗![[170–176 Regent Street, London] and "The Talbotype–Sun-Pictures" in The Art-Union, Monthly Journal of the Fine Arts](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/original/DP342021.jpg)
[170–176 Regent Street, London] and "The Talbotype–Sun-Pictures" in The Art-Union, Monthly Journal of the Fine Arts
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · June 1, 1846
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1. Aglio. 2. Cestro. 3. Poa.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1839
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Abbotsford
Getty Museum · October 24, 1844
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Abbotsford
Getty Museum · October 1844
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A Bush of Hydrangea in Flower
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1842
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![[A Fern]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fca458974-bcd6-4957-9447-fc6199403bb3%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[A Fern]
Getty Museum · 1863
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A Fragment of Lace.
Getty Museum · about 1840
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A Fragment of Lace with Three Sprigs of Moss.
Getty Museum · 1839
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A Fruit Piece
Getty Museum · 1844
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![[A Group Poses in Front of a Backdrop]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F96c546a4-42b5-45a6-be5d-ae1513bf6327%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[A Group Poses in Front of a Backdrop]
Getty Museum · probably 1841–1843
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![[All Soul's Church] / [London, Upper Regent Street and All Souls Church, Langham Place]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F4937cc36-08f1-464f-93fc-f83dc5ced7f1%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[All Soul's Church] / [London, Upper Regent Street and All Souls Church, Langham Place]
Getty Museum · 1843
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A Man Standing in a Doorway at Lacock Abbey
Getty Museum · 1841 or later
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![[Amelina's Harp in the Library, Lacock Abbey]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F91cde8db-8595-4bbe-999b-5d48b5f14c67%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Amelina's Harp in the Library, Lacock Abbey]
Getty Museum · October 16, 1840
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A Mountain Rivulet which flows at the foot of Doune Castle
Getty Museum · October 1844
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A Mountain Rivulet which flows at the foot of Doune Castle
Getty Museum · October 1844
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Amphitheatre of Arles, Called Les Arenes.
Getty Museum · 1866
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![[An Oak Tree in Winter]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F61dc7551-5119-4c7f-b308-5778de3aca23%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[An Oak Tree in Winter]
Getty Museum · probably 1842–1843
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![[Arrangement of Botanical Specimens]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F0d1afec0-4451-482a-83ae-e656eab83cb6%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Arrangement of Botanical Specimens]
Getty Museum · 1839
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![[Arrangement of Six Leaves (Sunlight Test of Fixing)]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F7d64c894-1cb8-4272-a049-4cd4c739e5dd%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Arrangement of Six Leaves (Sunlight Test of Fixing)]
Getty Museum · May 3, 1840
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Articles of China
Getty Museum · 1844
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Articles of China
Getty Museum · before June 1844
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Articles of China
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · before January 1844
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Articles of China
Getty Museum · 1844
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Articles of China.
Getty Museum · 1841–1843
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Articles of Glass
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · before June 1844
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Articles of Glass
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · before June 1844
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Articles of Glass
Getty Museum · 1844
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Articles of Glass
Getty Museum · 1844
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Articles of Glass
Getty Museum · before June 1844
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![[Articles of Glass on Three Shelves]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fb10ac523-3983-4187-8644-281b367eb68a%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Articles of Glass on Three Shelves]
Getty Museum · before June 1844
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A Scene in a Library
Getty Museum · before January 1845
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A Scene in a Library
Getty Museum · 1844
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A Scene in a Library
Getty Museum · 1844
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Asplenium Halleri, Grande Chartreuse 1821 - Cardamine Pratensis.
Getty Museum · April 1839
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![[A Stem of Delicate Leaves of an Umbrellifer]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F5bf90b07-e983-4051-b169-d1ce842df373%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[A Stem of Delicate Leaves of an Umbrellifer]
Getty Museum · probably 1843–1846
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![[Boating Scene]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F7fd67592-3a65-4153-853e-793e15d7a08f%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Boating Scene]
Getty Museum · possibly May 30, 1858
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Books on Four Shelves.
Getty Museum · 1842–1843
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![[Botanical Garden, Oxford]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fdad79158-fa3a-492f-8c20-fd4d874e6214%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Botanical Garden, Oxford]
Getty Museum · 1842
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![[Botanical Specimen]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fb1f15781-fe04-4d1b-b7fe-b9ab90b87489%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Botanical Specimen]
Getty Museum · 1840
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[Boulevards of Paris]
Getty Museum · May 1843
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Bowood
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1839–40
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Bowood.
Getty Museum · April 25, 1840
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Bowood.
Getty Museum · April 14, 1840
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![[Breakfast Table]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fb6aaec29-439d-444f-ad54-1faa51b089af%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Breakfast Table]
Getty Museum · 1839
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![[Breakfast Table]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F79072277-5849-4aa7-96de-dc05850200d5%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Breakfast Table]
Getty Museum · 1839
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![[Bridge of Sighs, Cambridge]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F4280371f-2c9f-41c9-afd7-42b6696ba655%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Bridge of Sighs, Cambridge]
Getty Museum · about 1844
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Bromus Maximus, Genoa
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1839
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![[Buckler Fern]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F9703e257-33ca-4020-8e2d-4c39212e2824%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Buckler Fern]
Getty Museum · 1839
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![[Bust of a Young British Woman]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F83c92008-32da-41c0-8be1-dd859e649a60%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Bust of a Young British Woman]
Getty Museum · 1840
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![[Bust of Patroclus]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F9a93667c-900e-4dd3-9431-c43608359682%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Bust of Patroclus]
Getty Museum · September 8, 1841
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Bust of Patroclus
Getty Museum · August 9, 1842
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Bust of Patroclus
Getty Museum · August 9, 1842
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Bust of Patroclus
Getty Museum · negative August 9, 1842
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Bust of Patroclus
Getty Museum · before February 7, 1846
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Bust of Patroclus
Getty Museum · negative August 9, 1843
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Bust of Patroclus
Getty Museum · August 9, 1843
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Bust of Patroclus
Getty Museum · negative August 9, 1843
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Bust of Patroclus
Getty Museum · about 1844
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Bust of Patroclus
Getty Museum · August 9, 1843
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Bust of Patroclus.
Getty Museum · September 22, 1841
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