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William Henry Fox Talbot — Radcliffe Library, Oxford
William Henry Fox Talbot

Radcliffe Library, Oxford

1841

Oxford's iconic circular library provides an ideal architectural subject for demonstrating the salted paper print's ability to render curved forms and classical proportions with remarkable clarity.

Medium
Salted paper print

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William Henry Fox Talbot, Radcliffe Library, Oxford, 1841

Oxford's iconic circular library provides an ideal architectural subject for demonstrating the salted paper print's ability to render curved forms and classical proportions with remarkable clarity.

Medium
Salted paper print
Year
1841
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Monochrome, Building, Documentary, Photograph, Landscape, Historical, Oxford, British, Architecture, Salted Paper Print

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