[Michael Faraday with four test patches.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Portrait Photography Studio portrait of the chemist, seated next to a table and turned slightly to the left, underneath the main image is a row of for rectangular test patches. Photoglyphic engraving. Image size 90 x 77 mm, paper size 120 x 104 mm. Originally kept in a sheet of paper tha...
[Example of a geometric pattern.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Scientific Photography An example of a spiral pattern in the shape of a circle filled with curves that results in a petal effect. Originally kept in a sheet of paper inscribed with 'from the Author/ given to Amélina Petit/ January 1854/ Greta Bank/ Kerwick/ Sun Engravings'.
[Example of a spiral pattern.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Scientific Photography An example of a geometrical pattern that produces a ring shape. Originally kept in a sheet of paper inscribed with 'from the Author/ given to Amélina Petit/ January 1854/ Greta Bank/ Kerwick/ Sun Engravings'. Press imprint size 66 x 93 mm, paper size 145 x 95 mm.
[Two examples of spiral patterns.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Scientific Photography An example of two ring-shaped geometrical patterns, one inside the other. Originally kept in a sheet of paper inscribed with 'from the Author/ given to Amélina Petit/ January 1854/ Greta Bank/ Kerwick/ Sun Engravings'. Press imprint size 146 x 101 mm, paper size 22...
[Example of three geometrical patterns.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Scientific Photography An example of three roulette curves, one inside the other and each showing a different geometric pattern. Originally kept in a sheet of paper inscribed with 'from the Author/ given to Amélina Petit/ January 1854/ Greta Bank/ Kerwick/ Sun Engravings'. Press imprint ...
[Example of a complex geometrical pattern.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Scientific Photography An example of two roulette curves, one superimposed onto the other to produce a single complex pattern. Originally kept in a sheet of paper inscribed with 'from the Author/ given to Amélina Petit/ January 1854/ Greta Bank/ Kerwick/ Sun Engravings'. Press imprint si...
[Handwritten note on the Photoglyphic Engraving Process.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Handwritten description by Talbot on half a sheet of mourning stationery. It reads, 'March 9/62 - puse gum process 10grs g. arabic boiled in 6 or 7 drachin bichrom film vy resistive, vy sensitive, etch with No 2 adding a drop of acetic acid - etchg very deep. This is new.'
[View in Java.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Landscape Photography Pathway surrounded by palms and other foliage. Photo-sculpsit engraving without title underneath (image rather washed out). A version of the illustration that was used in Tissandier's 'Les Merveilles de la Photographie' published in 1874. Image size 67 x 69 mm, pres...
[View in Java.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Landscape Photography Pathway surrounded by palms and other foliage. Photo-sculpsit engraving without title underneath. A version of the illustration that was used in Tissandier's 'Les Merveilles de la Photographie' published in 1874. Image size 70 x 71 mm, press imprint size 100 x 127 m...
[View in Java.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Genre: Landscape Photography Pathway surrounded by palms and other foliage. Photo-sculpsit engraving with line border but without title underneath. A version of the illustration that was used in Tissandier's 'Les Merveilles de la Photographie' published in 1874. Image size 70 x 71 mm, press imp...