Wrack, 1839, Photogenic drawing, 22 x 17.5 cm (8 11/16 x 6 7/8 in.), irregularly trimmed, Photographs, William Henry Fox Talbot (British, Dorset 1800–1877 Lacock), This evanescent trace of a biological specimen, among the rarest of photographs, was made by William Henry Fox Talbot just months after he first presented his invention, photography—or 'photogenic drawing,' as he called it—to the public
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