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William Henry Fox Talbot — Table Set For Tea
William Henry Fox Talbot

Table Set For Tea

1840

Domestic life enters photographic history through this carefully arranged tea service, revealing early photography's documentation of Victorian middle-class culture.

Medium
Photogenic drawing print from photogenic drawing negative, stabilized (fixed) in potassium iodide or potassium bromide

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William Henry Fox Talbot, Table Set For Tea, 1840

Domestic life enters photographic history through this carefully arranged tea service, revealing early photography's documentation of Victorian middle-class culture.

Medium
Photogenic drawing print from photogenic drawing negative, stabilized (fixed) in potassium iodide or potassium bromide
Year
1840
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Objects, Monochrome, Early Photography, Experimental, Table Setting, Pioneering, British, Photogenic Drawing, Still Life

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art