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William Henry Fox Talbot — The Process of Talbotype (formerly called Calotype) Photogenic Drawing
William Henry Fox Talbot

The Process of Talbotype (formerly called Calotype) Photogenic Drawing

1841

Talbot's technical manual provided crucial instructions for practitioners of his calotype process, helping establish photography as a reproducible medium beyond his own experimental work.

Medium
Four pages of unbound text (approximately 2500 words), printed by J. & H. Cox Brothers

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William Henry Fox Talbot, The Process of Talbotype (formerly called Calotype) Photogenic Drawing, 1841

Talbot's technical manual provided crucial instructions for practitioners of his calotype process, helping establish photography as a reproducible medium beyond his own experimental work.

Medium
Four pages of unbound text (approximately 2500 words), printed by J. & H. Cox Brothers
Year
1841
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Educational, Monochrome, Photography, Calotype, Printed text, 19th Century, Scientific, British, Photographic Process, Technical

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art