Bridge of Sighs, St. John's College, Cambridge
Artist
William Henry Fox Talbot
(English, 1800 - 1877)
Dateca. 1845
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage: 6 7/16 × 8 1/8 inches (16.35 × 20.64 cm)
Sheet: 7 11/16 × 9 13/16 inches (19.53 × 24.92 cm)
Sheet: 7 11/16 × 9 13/16 inches (19.53 × 24.92 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation in honor of the 75th anniversary of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Object number2007.17.16
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower right corner, in black ink: "LA144";
On sheet verso, lower left corner, in pencil: "X2322 [crossed out] / 300693".
On View
Not on viewCollections
Terms
Rotation 2. The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO. October 24, 2007 – March 19, 2008, no cat.
Magnificent Gifts for the 75th. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, February 13 - April 4, 2010, no cat.
One of the inventors of photography, William Henry Fox Talbot first made a permanent camera image in 1835. By 1841, he had patented the calotype technique, allowing multiple positive prints to be made from a single paper negative. His 1844–1846 publication The Pencil of Nature was the first book illustrated with original photographs. As this elegantly composed work demonstrates, Talbot was not only an inventor: he was also a brilliant photographer.
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