Cathedral at Orléans, June 21, 1843, Salted paper print from paper negative, 16.3 x 20.2 cm. (6 7/16 x 7 15/16 in.), Photographs, William Henry Fox Talbot (British, Dorset 1800–1877 Lacock), In 1840 Talbot devised a negative/positive process that allowed multiple prints of a single image--the procedural basis of nearly all photography since. Talbot's negatives were made of thin writing paper; the fibrous texture obscured some detail, but it imparted softness and a graded tonality to the resulting print
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Cathedral, Orléans, June 21, 1843, Salted paper print, paper negative, 16.3 x 20.2 cm, 6, 7/16, x 7, 15/16, Photographs, William Henry Fox Talbot, British, Dorset, 1800–1877, Lacock, 1840, Talbot, devised, negative, positive process, allowed multiple, prints, single image, procedural basis, nearly, photography, negatives, thin writing, paper, fibrous texture, obscured, detail, imparted softness, graded tonality, resulting
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