Benedictine Convent, Catania, 1846, Salted paper print from paper negative, Image: 6 3/4 × 8 9/16 in. (17.1 × 21.7 cm), Photographs, George Wilson Bridges (British, 1788–1864), Bridges learned the negative-positive, paper-based calotype process directly from its British inventor, William Henry Fox Talbot. When, in 1846, Bridges embarked for the Mediterranean on a journey to produce photographs for a planned (but never completed) publication, Talbot put him in touch with Calvert Jones, who was also traveling in the region
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Benedictine Convent, Catania, 1846, Salted paper print, paper negative, Image, 6 3/4, 8 9/16, 17.1, 21.7 cm, Photographs, George Wilson Bridges, British, 1788–1864, Bridges learned, negative-positive, paper-based calotype, process, directly, British inventor, William Henry, Fox, Talbot, embarked, Mediterranean, journey, produce photographs, planned, never completed, publication, touch, Calvert Jones, traveling, region
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