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The photographic art of William Henry Fox Talbot
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The photographic art of William Henry Fox Talbot

by William Henry Fox Talbot, Larry J. Schaaf

This study traces the technical and artistic evolution of paper photography through one hundred full-scale reproductions of early negatives, photograms and calotypes. Each plate is accompanied by historical analysis and excerpts from contemporary nineteenth-century writings.

Accession 31483 ISBN 0691050007 Publisher Princeton University Press
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