Street with Lamp Post and Wine Shop, Unknown, 1850s
Street with Lamp Post and Wine Shop, 1850s, Waxed paper negative, Image: 6 15/16 × 8 3/4 in. ( × cm), irregularly trimmed, Negatives, Unknown (British), In 1841 William Henry Fox Talbot patented the first negative-positive photographic process, which formed the basis of photography until the digital age. The photographer placed a piece of paper coated in a solution of light-sensitive silver salts in the camera, exposed it to sunlight, and developed the latent image to produce a negative that could then be printed as multiple positives
Size: 4815px × 3840px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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