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The Pencil of Nature by William Henry Fox Talbot — VisualArtsDB

The Pencil of Nature

The Pencil of Nature

William Henry Fox Talbot

1844–1846

Medium: Salted paper prints from paper negatives
Dimensions: 15.2 x 20.3 cm (6 x 8 in.)
Genre: Book
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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The Reverend Calvert Jones in the Cloisters at Lacock Abbey

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Copy of a Lithographic Print

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The Boulevards of Paris

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