Wild Fennel, 1841–42, Salted paper print, Image: x cm (7 3/8 x 8 15/16 in.), corners clipped, Photographs, William

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Wild Fennel, 1841–42, Salted paper print, Image: x cm (7 3/8 x 8 15/16 in.), corners clipped, Photographs, William Henry Fox Talbot (British, Dorset 1800–1877 Lacock), Talbot's earliest pictures 'impressed by the agency of light alone,' as he described them, were photographic traces of botanical specimens laid on sheets of chemically sensitized paper and set in the sun

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Size: 4636px × 3857px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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