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Algae by William Henry Fox Talbot

Algae

William Henry Fox Talbot · 1835

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DETAILS
Artist
William Henry Fox Talbot
Date
1835
Medium
Salted paper photographic drawing
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions
[object Object]
Collection
Photography
Culture
England
Credit line
Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg
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William Henry Fox Talbot

1800–1877 · Kingdom of Great Britain

The man who invented the negative-positive process, making every photograph ever printed possible.

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