William Henry Fox Talbot

(William Henry Fox Talbot: Untitled (statuary))

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William Henry Fox Talbot (England, 1800–1877)

Untitled (statuary). 1846

Salted paper print from calotype paper negative

8 3/8 x 6 5/8 in. image size

Henry Art Gallery, Monsen Study Collection of Photography, gift of Joseph and Elaine Monsen, 79.168

This calotype from 1846 was made by the inventor of the process, William Henry Fox Talbot.  Talbot advocated photographing sculptures, and considered them one of the most important classes of subjects, stating, “…a statue may be placed in any position with regard to the sun, either directly opposite to it, or at any angle: the directness or obliquity of the illumination causing of course an immense difference in the effect”.

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