Plymouth from Mt. Edgcumbe, William Henry Fox Talbot, September 1845


Plymouth from Mt. Edgcumbe, September 1845, Salted paper print from paper negative, Image: x cm (6 1/2 x 8 in.), Photographs, William Henry Fox Talbot (British, Dorset 1800–1877 Lacock), Talbot was a man of great learning and broad interests, from Egyptology to mathematics, botany, and chemistry. His invention of the negative-positive photographic process, announced to the public in 1839, changed the dissemination of knowledge as had no other since movable type


Size: 5123px × 3870px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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