Artworks · William Henry Fox Talbot

Untitled

1864 · Photoglyphic engraving employing resin ground

Image: 7.7 × 7 cm (3 1/16 × 2 13/16 in.); Paper: 22.2 × 12.6 cm (8 3/4 × 5 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

[Dandelion Seeds]

1858 · Photogravure (photoglyphic engraving from a copper plate)

Sheet: 15.1 x 11.3 cm (5 15/16 x 4 7/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wheat

1854 · Photoglyphic engraving

2 11/16 × 3 15/16" (6.8 × 10.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fern

1852 · photogravure

image: 20.4 × 12.9 cm (8 1/16 × 5 1/16 in.) sheet: 25.8 × 16.9 cm (10 3/16 × 6 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Mer de Glace from Montanvert

1852 · Photogravure

6.9 x 6.7 cm. (2 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled

1852 · Photoglyphic engraving

irregular 2 5/16 × 3 7/16" (5.9 × 8.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Branch of a Fern

1848 · Photoglyphic engraving made without a gauze or resin ground screen

Image: 8 × 11 cm (3 3/16 × 4 3/8 in.); Paper: 10.5 × 14.2 cm (4 3/16 × 5 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

St. Etienne du Mont, Facade

1848 · Photoglyphic engraving employing resin ground

Image: 9.5 × 8.2 cm (3 3/4 × 3 1/4 in.); Paper: 10.6 × 9.1 cm (4 3/16 × 3 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Alcazar de Seville

1848 · Photoglyphic engraving employing resin ground

6.9 × 6.9 cm (image); 20.9 × 17.1 (paper)

Art Institute of Chicago

Furness Abbey

1848 · Photoglyphic engraving

Image: 7.3 × 6.9 cm (2 7/8 × 2 3/4 in.); Paper: 13.5 × 10.7 cm (5 3/8 × 4 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Chess Players

1847 · Salted paper print

Image: 19.3 × 14.5 cm (7 5/8 × 5 3/4 in.); Paper: 19.5 × 14.8 cm (7 11/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Mount: 20.4 × 15.4 cm (8 1/16 × 6 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cloisters of Lacock Abbey

1846 · Salted paper print

Image: 16.2 × 21.5 cm (6 7/16 × 8 1/2 in.); Paper: 18.7 × 22.4 cm (7 3/8 × 8 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Reverend Calvert Jones in the Cloisters at Lacock Abbey

1845 · salted paper print

image: 16.5 × 20.6 cm (6 1/2 × 8 1/8 in.) sheet: 19.5 × 25 cm (7 11/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A Scene in York: York Minster from Lop Lane

1845 · salted paper print

image: 16.2 x 20.4 cm (6 3/8 x 8 1/16 in.) sheet: 18.7 x 22.7 cm (7 3/8 x 8 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Ancient Vestry

1845 · Salted paper print

Image: 16.5 × 20.5 cm (6 1/2 × 8 1/8 in.); Paper: 19.5 × 24.9 cm (7 11/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Ladder

1845 · Salted paper print from paper negative

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lace

1845 · Salted paper print from paper negative

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Ancient Vestry

1845 · Salted paper print from paper negative

16.4 x 20.7 cm (6 7/16 x 8 1/8 in. ) irregular

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plymouth from Mt. Edgcumbe

1845 · Salted paper print from paper negative

Image: 16.5 x 20.3 cm (6 1/2 x 8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Scene in York

1845 · Salted paper print

6 5/16 × 8" (16.1 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Lace

1845 · Salted paper print (photogram)

6 1/2 × 8 3/4" (16.5 × 22.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Woodcutters

1845 · salted paper print from calotype negative

Image: 15.1 x 21 cm (5 15/16 x 8 1/4 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Calvert Jones Seated in the Sacristy of Lacock Abbey

1845 · salted paper print from calotype negative

Image: 16.5 x 20.6 cm (6 1/2 x 8 1/8 in.); Paper: 19.6 x 24.9 cm (7 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Scene in York

1845 · salted paper print from calotype negative

Image: 16.1 x 20.3 cm (6 5/16 x 8 in.); Paper: 18.5 x 22.5 cm (7 5/16 x 8 7/8 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

"A Scene in York" - York Minster from Lop Lane

1845 · Salted paper print

Image: 16.2 × 20.4 cm (6 7/16 × 8 1/16 in.); Paper: 18.6 × 22.5 cm (7 3/8 × 8 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Haystack

1844 · salted paper print

image: 16.4 x 20.9 cm (6 7/16 x 8 1/4 in.) sheet: 19 x 23.1 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Untitled

1844 · Salted paper, from the "Untitled Album"

Image: 14.3 × 19.3 cm (5 11/16 × 7 5/8 in.); Paper: 18.5 × 21.6 cm (7 5/16 × 8 9/16 in.); Album page: 28.3 × 22.7 cm (11 3/16 × 8 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cover and Text from "The Pencil of Nature," London, 1844

1844 · Paper cover and unbound pages of text (approximately 12,000 words) without illustrations

Paper: 30.5 × 24 cm (12 1/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Haystack

1844 · Salted paper print

Image: 16.2 × 21 cm (6 7/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Paper: 18.9 × 23.1 cm (7 1/2 × 9 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lace

1844 · Salted paper print

Image: 18.6 × 22.8 cm (7 3/8 × 9 in.); Paper: 18.6 × 22.5 cm (7 3/8 × 8 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Melrose Abbey

1844 · Salted paper print, plate XXII from the album "Sun Pictures in Scotland" (1845)

Image/paper: 9.7 × 8.1 cm (3 7/8 × 3 1/4 in.); Page/mount: 30.5 × 24.1 cm (12 1/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Melrose Abbey

1844 · Salted paper print, plate XXIII from the album "Sun Pictures in Scotland" (1845)

Image/paper: 7.8 × 10.1 cm (3 1/8 × 4 in.); Page/mount: 30.4 × 24.1 cm (12 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

"The same scene from the other side," The Castle of Doune

1844 · Salted paper print, plate XIX from the album "Sun Pictures in Scotland" (1845)

Image/paper: 8 × 10.8 cm (3 3/16 × 4 5/16 in.); Page/mount: 30.5 × 24.1 cm (12 1/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Castle of Doune

1844 · Salted paper print, plate XVIII from the album "Sun Pictures in Scotland" (1845)

Image/paper: 8 × 10.5 cm (3 3/16 × 4 3/16 in.); Page/mount: 30.5 × 24.1 cm (12 1/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Mountain Rivulet which Flows at the Foot of Doune Castle

1844 · Salted paper print, plate XX from the album "Sun Pictures in Scotland" (1845)

Image/paper: 8.2 × 10.2 cm (3 1/4 × 4 1/16 in.); Page/mount: 30.6 × 24.1 cm (12 1/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Melrose Abbey

1844 · Salted paper print, plate XXI from the album "Sun Pictures in Scotland" (1845)

Image/paper: 7.5 × 10.3 cm (3 × 4 1/16 in.); Page/mount: 30.5 × 24.1 cm (12 1/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Scenery of Loch Katrine

1844 · Salted paper print, plate XVI from album "Sun Pictures in Scotland" (1845)

Image/paper: 8.5 × 10.5 cm (3 3/8 × 4 3/16 in.); Page/mount: 30.5 × 24.1 cm (12 1/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Tomb of Sir W. Scott, in Dryburgh Abbey

1844 · Salted paper print, plate XIII from the album "Sun Pictures in Scotland" (1845)

Image/paper: 16.4 × 17.7 cm (6 1/2 × 7 in.); Page/mount: 24.1 × 30.5 cm (9 1/2 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Scenery of Loch Katrine

1844 · Salted paper print, plate XVII from the album "Sun Pictures in Scotland" (1845)

Image/paper: 8.1 × 10.5 cm (3 1/4 × 4 3/16 in.); Page/mount: 30.4 × 24.1 cm (12 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Highland Hut on the Banks of Loch Katrine

1844 · Salted paper print, plate XIV from the album "Sun Pictures in Scotland" (1845)

Image/paper: 7.6 × 10.7 cm (3 × 4 1/4 in.); Page/mount: 30.5 × 24.1 cm (12 1/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Scenery of Loch Katrine

1844 · Salted paper print, plate XV from the album "Sun Pictures in Scotland" (1845)

Image/paper: 8.4 × 10.8 cm (3 5/16 × 4 5/16 in.); Page/mount: 30.6 × 24.1 cm (12 1/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Loch Katrine

1844 · Salted paper print, plate XI from the album "Sun Pictures in Scotland" (1845)

Image/paper: 17.2 × 20.9 cm (6 13/16 × 8 1/4 in.); Page/mount: 24.1 × 30.6 cm (9 1/2 × 12 1/16 in.)

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Loch Katrine

1844 · Salted paper print, plate XII from the album "Sun Pictures in Scotland" (1845)

Image/paper: 16.9 × 20.6 cm (6 11/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Page/mount: 24.1 × 30.6 cm (9 1/2 × 12 1/16 in.)

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Loch Katrine

1844 · Salted paper print, plate X from the album "Sun Pictures in Scotland" (1845)

Image/paper: 17.1 × 20.6 cm (6 3/4 × 8 1/8 in.); Page/mount: 24.1 × 30.5 cm (9 1/2 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Melrose Abbey

1844 · Salted paper print, plate IX from the album "Sun Pictures in Scotland" (1845)

Image/paper: 16.7 × 20.9 cm (6 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.); Page/mount: 24.1 × 30.5 cm (9 1/2 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Melrose Abbey

1844 · Salted paper print, plate VII from the album "Sun Pictures in Scotland" (1845)

Image/paper: 14.6 × 20.8 cm (5 3/4 × 8 1/4 in.); Page/mount: 24.1 × 30.5 cm (9 1/2 × 12 1/16 in.)

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Melrose Abbey

1844 · Salted paper print, plate VIII from the album "Sun Pictures in Scotland" (1845)

Image/paper: 17.1 × 21 cm (6 3/4 × 8 5/16 in.); Page/mount: 24.1 × 30.5 cm (9 1/2 × 12 1/16 in.)

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Abbotsford

1844 · Salted paper print, plate III from the album "Sun Pictures in Scotland" (1845)

Image/paper: 15.2 × 20.8 cm (6 × 8 1/4 in.); Page/mount: 24.1 × 30.6 cm (9 1/2 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago