[Botanical Specimen]

MEDIUMSalted paper print

DIMENSIONSSheet: 7 3/8 × 4 7/16 in. (18.8 × 11.3 cm), irregularly trimmed

COLLECTIONPhotographs

CREDIT LINEGilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005

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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.