Photography, English -- 19th century;York Minster;York (England);Cityscapes;Architecture
Notes: Talbot's atmospheric view of York Minster rising above Lop Lane dates from the mid-1840s, the crucial decade in which photography rapidly advanced both in France and England from its earlier experimental origins. As the English inventor of...
Palacio de San Telmo (Seville, Spain); Montpensier, Antoine Philippe d'Orléans, duc de, 1775-1807
"1 photoglyphic engraving of the Palace of the Duc de Montpensier, Seville. Six other subjects were also used in various copies of this issue. The photoglyphic engravings (photogravure) were executed by William Henry Fox Talbot, England, and Mr....
"Four Albumen prints and one photoglyphic engraving of photographic views at Teneriffe of the edge of the crater. William Henry Fox Talbot made the steel plate [for Plate number 5] and 500 impressions were made from it. Negatives were made by...
St. Maurice (Church : Vienne, France) -- Pictorial works
"This is one of Talbot's last three plates in this process. Charles Soulier, France, was the photographer. This large plate was never 'published' as such and exists only as proofs. The printing plates are owned by the British Museum and were...
