Artworks · William Henry Fox Talbot

Wrack

1839 · Salted paper print

22 x 17.5 cm (8 11/16 x 6 7/8 in.), irregularly trimmed

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two Plant Specimens

1839 · Photogenic drawing

22.1 × 18 cm (8 3/4 × 7 1/8 in.); Mount: 29 × 21.5 cm (11 7/16 × 8 1/2 in.); Image/paper: 22.1 × 18.1 cm (8 11/16 × 7 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Some Account of the Art of Photogenic Drawing, or the Process by which Natural Objects May Be Made to Delineate Themselves without the Aid of the Artist's Pencil

1839 · Thirteen pages of text on paper (approximately 6500 words) without illustrations, published by R. & J.E. Taylor, London, 1839

23.2 × 30 cm (9 3/16 × 11 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ancient Door, Magdalen College, Oxford

1838 · Salted paper print

Image: 7.3 × 6 cm (2 7/8 × 2 3/8 in.); Paper: 9.4 × 7.8 cm (3 3/4 × 3 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

St. George's Chapel, Windsor

1838 · Salted paper print

Image: 16.6 × 19.8 cm (6 9/16 × 7 13/16 in.); Paper: 18.5 × 22.9 cm (7 5/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bodleian Library

1838 · Salted paper print

Image: 17 × 18.2 cm (6 3/4 × 7 3/16 in.); Paper: 18.8 × 22.5 cm (7 7/16 × 8 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

[Leaf]

1838 · Salted paper print

Sheet: 3 1/8 × 3 13/16 in. (8 × 9.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Chess Players

1838 · Salted paper print

19.9 × 15 cm (7 7/8 × 5 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Tower at Lacock

1837 · Photogenic drawing; using silver chloride paper; printed-out in camera; stabilized (fixed) in ammonia

Image/paper: 10.7 × 10.2 cm (4 1/4 × 4 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Windsor Castle From Across The River

1837 · Waxed calotype paper negative

17.7 × 22 (image); 18.7 × 22 cm (paper); 30.4 × 30.6 (mount)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Fruit Sellers

1837 · Salted paper print

Image: 17 × 21.1 cm (6 3/4 × 8 5/16 in.); Paper: 18.8 × 22.5 cm (7 7/16 × 8 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

[Leaf]

1837 · Salted paper print

Sheet: 3 3/16 × 4 1/16 in. (8.1 × 10.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of Talbot's Wife (Constance) or Half-Sister (Caroline or Horatia)

1837 · Calotype negative

Image: 6.1 × 4.3 cm (2 7/16 × 1 3/4 in.); Paper: 25.4 × 21 cm (10 × 8 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Radcliffe Library, Oxford

1836 · Salted paper print

Image/paper: 7.2 × 6.3 cm (2 7/8 × 2 1/2 in.); Mount: 19.7 × 16.2 cm (7 13/16 × 6 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

New Hall of Lincoln's Inn, London

1836 · Salted paper print

Image: 20 × 17 cm (7 7/8 × 6 3/4 in.); Paper: 22.4 × 18.4 cm (8 7/8 × 7 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Specimen of Calotype of Talbotype, Photogenic Drawing [label]

1835 · Calotype negative

Image: 3 × 7.4 cm (1 3/16 × 2 15/16 in.); Paper: 4.6 × 14.6 cm (1 13/16 × 5 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Table Set For Tea

1835 · Photogenic drawing print from photogenic drawing negative, stabilized (fixed) in potassium iodide or potassium bromide

Image: 7.7 × 16.1 cm (3 1/16 × 6 3/8 in.); Paper: 11.1 × 18.7 cm (4 3/8 × 7 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Hagar in the Desert

1835 · Salted paper print

Image/paper: 17.8 × 21.4 cm (7 1/16 × 8 7/16 in.); Mount: 24.7 × 31 cm (9 3/4 × 12 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Copy of a Large Italian Print, Reduced in the Camera

1835 · Salted paper print

17.9 × 15.5 cm (7 1/16 × 6 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Copy of the Title Page for "Inclytae Regiae Societati Londinensi"

1835 · Salted paper print

Image: 19.5 × 14.1 cm (7 11/16 × 5 9/16 in.); Paper: 22.2 × 18.4 cm (8 3/4 × 7 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Neapolitan Conveyance - Copy of a Painting at Lacock Abbey

1835 · Salted paper print

Image: 13.8 × 21.3 cm (5 7/16 × 8 7/16 in.); Paper: 18.7 × 22.9 cm (7 3/8 × 9 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

[The Oriel Window, South Gallery, Lacock Abbey]

1835 · Paper negative

Sheet: 8.5 × 11.6 cm (3 3/8 × 4 9/16 in.), irregularly trimmed

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[The Oriel Window, South Gallery, Lacock Abbey]

1835 · Paper negative

Sheet: 8.5 × 11.6 cm (3 3/8 × 4 9/16 in.), irregularly trimmed

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two Scraps of Lace

1833 · Photogenic drawing

Image/paper: 18.4 × 11.1 cm (7 1/4 × 4 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

[Botanical Specimen]

1833 · Salted paper print

Sheet: 7 3/8 × 4 7/16 in. (18.8 × 11.3 cm), irregularly trimmed

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled

1830 · Salted paper print

Image: 4.7 × 11.4 cm (1 7/8 × 4 1/2 in.); Paper: 7.5 × 11.4 cm (3 × 4 1/2 in.); Mount: 20.3 × 25.5 cm (8 × 10 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Stem of Leaves and Flowers

1830 · Photogenic drawing, stabilized (fixed) in potassium iodide, potassium bromide or ammonia water

Image/paper: 11.3 × 8.5 cm (4 1/2 × 3 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Botanical Specimen

1830 · Photogenic drawing

Image/paper: 14 × 11.5 cm (5 9/16 × 4 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Business card "Mr. Talbot, Lacock Abbey"

1820 · Paper business card with typeset text

4.3 × 7.6 cm (1 3/4 × 3 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lace

Salted paper print from a paper negative

9 1/16 × 7 3/8" (23 × 18.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art