[The Oriel Window, South Gallery, Lacock Abbey]

MEDIUMPaper negative

DIMENSIONSSheet: 8.5 × 11.6 cm (3 3/8 × 4 9/16 in.), irregularly trimmed

COLLECTIONPhotographs

CREDIT LINEThe Rubel Collection, Purchase, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee and Anonymous Gifts, 1997

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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.