Carpenter and Apprentice, Attributed to William Henry Fox Talbot, ca. 1844


Carpenter and Apprentice, ca. 1844, Salted paper print from paper negative, x cm (6 1/8 x 5 7/8 in. ), Photographs, Attributed to William Henry Fox Talbot (British, Dorset 1800–1877 Lacock), Though lacking the absolute precision of the daguerreotype and later photographic processes, the paper negative admirably rendered blocks of tone, describing form and space in terms of shaded planes, a quality exploited here to enhance the highly geometric structure of the image


Size: 4147px × 4963px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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