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William Henry Fox Talbot — Neapolitan Conveyance - Copy of a Painting at Lacock Abbey
William Henry Fox Talbot

Neapolitan Conveyance - Copy of a Painting at Lacock Abbey

1840

Painting reproduction through photography represents an early attempt to democratize art through Talbot's innovative copying techniques.

Medium
Salted paper print

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William Henry Fox Talbot, Neapolitan Conveyance - Copy of a Painting at Lacock Abbey, 1840

Painting reproduction through photography represents an early attempt to democratize art through Talbot's innovative copying techniques.

Medium
Salted paper print
Year
1840
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Photography, Historic, Architectural, Painterly, Landscape, British, Sepia Tones, Salted Paper Print, Romantic

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art