[Chicken Feathers], ca. 1840, Photogenic drawing negative, Image: 7 5/16 × 7 5/8 in. (18.6 × 19.3 cm), irregularly trimmed, Negatives, Nevil Story Maskelyne (British, 1823–1911), Talbot's first successes were made by placing a pressed botanical specimen directly on a piece of photosensitized paper, covering it with a sheet of glass, and setting it in the sun. Wherever the light struck, the paper darkened; wherever the plant blocked the light it remained white
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Chicken Feathers, ca, 1840, Photogenic drawing negative, Image, 7 5/16, 5/8, 18.6, 19.3 cm, irregularly trimmed, Negatives, Nevil Story Maskelyne, British, 1823–1911, Talbot, first successes, placing, pressed botanical specimen, directly, piece, photosensitized paper, covering, sheet, glass, setting, sun, Wherever, light struck, paper darkened, wherever, plant blocked, light, remained white
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