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A Cascade of Spruce Needles

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Description: A Cascade of Spruce Needles
TitleA Cascade of Spruce Needles
Creator nameTalbot, William Henry Fox
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1839
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsPhotogenic drawing
LocationBritish Library, London
Accession numberTalbot Collection
SubjectsPhotography--TechniquePhotography--Great Britain--HistoryBotanical specimensPhotography, Artistic--History
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Talbot’s Art of Discovery
Vered Maimon
Description: William Henry Fox Talbot: Beyond Photography
William Henry Fox Talbot: Beyond Photography
WILLIAM Henry Fox Talbot’s two most canonical accounts of photography, “Some Account of the Art of Photogenic Drawing” (1839) and “A Brief Historical Sketch of the Invention of the Art” (1844), differ in tone and emphasis. These differences can, of course, be attributed to the specific...
Author
Vered Maimon
PublisherYale Center for British Art
PublisherPaul Mellon Centre
Copyright© 2013 by Yale University
Related print edition pages: pp.143-160
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00251.007
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-21236&redirecttoanchor=65238
Chapter subject tags:Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800-1877Photography--Scientific applicationsScientific discoveries in artPhotography--Great Britain--HistoryPhotography--History--19th century

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Description: An Oriel Window at Lacock Abbey
An Oriel Window at Lacock Abbey
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameTalbot, William Henry Fox
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1835
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsPhotogenic drawing negative
LocationThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/282004
Accession number1997.382.1
An Oriel Window at Lacock Abbey
An Oriel Window at Lacock Abbey
Description: The Open Door
The Open Door
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameTalbot, William Henry Fox
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1844
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsSalted paper print
LocationBritish Library, London
The Open Door
The Open Door
Description: Branch of Leaves of Mercuriàlis pérennis
Branch of Leaves of Mercuriàlis pérennis
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameTalbot, William Henry Fox
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1839
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsPhotogenic drawing
LocationNatural Museum of American History, Washington, DC
https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1869206
Branch of Leaves of Mercuriàlis...
Branch of Leaves of Mercuriàlis pérennis
Description: Untitled
Untitled
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameSiskind, Aaron
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1940−1941
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsNegative, gelatin on safety base sheet film
Dimensions12 × 9 cm
LocationGeorge Eastman House, Rochester, New York
Untitled
Untitled
Description: Copy of a joker and a cat
Copy of a joker and a cat
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameTalbot, William Henry Fox
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1835
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsPhotogenic drawing negative mounted on black paper
LocationNational Science and Media Museum, Bradford, England
Copy of a joker and a cat
Copy of a joker and a cat
Description: Manikins
Manikins
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator nameMan Ray
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1924
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsRayograph
Dimensions11 13/16 x 9 11/16 in. (30 x 24.6 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/31296
Accession number1941.659
Manikins
Manikins
Description: Patroclus
Patroclus
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameTalbot, William Henry Fox
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1841
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsSalted paper print from calotype negative
LocationBritish Library, London
Accession numberTalbot Collection: Photo 2 (17)
Patroclus
Patroclus
Description: Photomicrograph of tranverse stem
Photomicrograph of tranverse stem
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameTalbot, William Henry Fox
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1839
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsPhotogenic drawing negative
LocationNational Science and Media Museum, Bradford, England
Photomicrograph of tranverse stem
Photomicrograph of tranverse stem
Description: The Ladder
The Ladder
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameTalbot, William Henry Fox
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1845
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsSalted paper print
LocationBritish Library, London
The Ladder
The Ladder
Description: Web
Web
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator nameMan Ray
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1922
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsRayograph mounted on white wove paper
Dimensions9 3/8 x 7 in. (23.8 x 17.8 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/31285
Accession number1941.648
Web
Web
Description: Source of the Arveyron from beneath a Glacier near Chamouni
Source of the Arveyron from beneath a Glacier near Chamouni
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameTalbot, William Henry Fox
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1865
Object typePrint
MaterialsPhotoglyphic engraving
LocationHans P. Kraus, Jr., New York
Source of the Arveyron from beneath a...
Source of the Arveyron from beneath a Glacier near Chamouni
Description: The Barberini Ivory
The Barberini Ivory
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameTalbot, William Henry Fox
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1865
Object typePrint
MaterialsPhotoglyphic engraving
LocationNational Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
The Barberini Ivory
The Barberini Ivory
Description: Three stages of photogravure
Three stages of photogravure
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameTalbot, William Henry Fox; Smyth, Charles Piazzi
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
LocationNational Science and Media Museum, Bradford, England
Three stages of photogravure
Three stages of photogravure
Description: Veil, Engine-Rules Lines, Crossed at Right Angles
Veil, Engine-Rules Lines, Crossed at Right Angles
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameTalbot, William Henry Fox
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1859
Object typePrint
MaterialsInk on paper, possibly from a photographically reproduced plate
Veil, Engine-Rules Lines, Crossed at...
Veil, Engine-Rules Lines, Crossed at Right Angles
Description: The Tuileries
The Tuileries
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameTalbot, William Henry Fox
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1859
Object typePrint
MaterialsPhotoglyphic engraving
LocationHarry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin
The Tuileries
The Tuileries
Description: Foliage, with Superimposed Pattern of Gauze
Foliage, with Superimposed Pattern of Gauze
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameTalbot, William Henry Fox
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1852–1857
Object typePrint
MaterialsPhotographic engraving from a steel plate
Foliage, with Superimposed Pattern of...
Foliage, with Superimposed Pattern of Gauze
Description: Three Sheets of Gauze, Crossed Obliquely
Three Sheets of Gauze, Crossed Obliquely
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameTalbot, William Henry Fox
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1852–1857
Object typePrint
MaterialsPhotographic engraving
Three Sheets of Gauze, Crossed Obliquely
Three Sheets of Gauze, Crossed Obliquely
Description: Ships
Ships
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 11
Creator nameMan Ray
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1924
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsRayograph mounted on white wove paper
Dimensions10 x 13 in. (25.4 x 33 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/31298
Accession number1941.661
Ships
Ships
Description: Insect wing (lantern fly)
Insect wing (lantern fly)
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameTalbot, William Henry Fox
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1839
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsPhotomicrographs, negative
LocationNational Science and Media Museum, Bradford, England
Insect wing (lantern fly)
Insect wing (lantern fly)
Description: Astrantia Major
Astrantia Major
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameTalbot, William Henry Fox
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1838
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsPhotogenic drawing, negative
LocationNational Science and Media Museum, Bradford, England
Astrantia Major
Astrantia Major
Description: The Haystack
The Haystack
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameTalbot, William Henry Fox
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1841
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsSalted paper print
LocationBritish Library, London
The Haystack
The Haystack
Description: Patroclus
Patroclus
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameTalbot, William Henry Fox
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1840
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsSalted paper print
LocationBritish Library, London
Accession numberTalbot Collection: Photo 3 (13)
Patroclus
Patroclus

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