Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Fox Talbot Photographs
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Jones, Calvert Richard, 1804-1877, photographer
Moffat, John, 1819-1894, photographer
Date
1840-1850
Level of Current Record
Parent
Member Object
Media
Technique
Subject Category
Provenance Details
Miss M.T. Talbot was the grand daughter of Fox Talbot. The acquisition material came via Douglas Richardson at the request of Gilbert Archey in October 1937, arriving in December 1937.
Content
6 Salt Prints by Talbot.
11 Photoglyphic Engravings by Talbot.
2 Salt Prints by Jones.
1 Portrait of Talbot by Moffat.
1 Silver gelatin copy of original an Talbot photograph.
Subject Notes
William Henry Fox Talbot, 1800-1877, scholar,scientist and photographic pioneer was the discoverer of the negative positive process of photography in the late 1830s. By 1841 he had invented and patented the calotype process. He was also the author and publisher of the first book to use photographs as illustrations.
Copyright
All rights reserved
Credit Line
Donated to Auckland Museum by Miss M.T. Talbot in 1937.
Last Update
11 May 2023
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