The William Henry Fox Talbot Collection 1841, 1854

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The William Henry Fox Talbot Collection 1841, 1854

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This collection consists of three printed documents, two dated 1841 and one 1854, relating to the Calotype (or Talbotype) process invented by William H.F. Talbot (1800-1877), photographer, inventor, and literary historian.

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University of Arizona Libraries, Center for Creative Photography

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Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800-1877

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Photographic inventor and polymath William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) was descended on his mother's side from the earls of Ilchester, Somerset. His father, an infantry captain, died when he was a baby, leaving him Lacock Abbey estate in Wiltshire, along with enormous debts. The family rented out the estate in order to pay these off until Talbot was 27, when he took possession of the property and made it his home. Talbot married in 1832 and had four children. Having no natural artistic talent ...