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William Henry Fox Talbot

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William Henry Fox Talbot was an English Photographer born on February 11, 1800. Henry Fox Talbot contributed to the Early Photography movement and died on September 17, 1877. Get notified when William Henry Fox Talbot's biography is complete:

Buckler Fern

1839

The Bertoloni Album

1839

The Oriel Window, South Gallery, Lacock Abbey

1835-1839

Detail of the Cloisters at Lacock Abbey

1840

Bust of Patroclus

1843

The plates of the present work are impressed by the agency of Light alone, without any aid from the artist's pencil.

Brief Historical Sketch of the Invention of the Art

1846
Portrait of Hippolyte Bayard

Hippolyte Bayard

The second person to invent photography

1801-1887
Portrait of Julia Margaret Cameron

Julia Margaret Cameron

1815-1879
Portrait of Anna Atkins

Anna Atkins

Electric blue: the first photographic book

1799-1871
17011900
Bigger is better
Théodore Géricault
Electric blue: the first photographic book
Anna Atkins William Henry Fox Talbot
Daughter of a master brings a new perspective to Edo Japan
Katsushika Ōi
The second person to invent photography
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