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The Fruit Sellers

Photograph
1845 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Fox Talbot, William Henry (photographer)
Place of origin
United Kingdom (photographed)

Photograph by William Henry Fox Talbot, 'The Fruit Sellers', salted paper print, ca. 1839


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Portraits
The Royal Photographic Society
Object type
Photograph
TitleThe Fruit Sellers (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Salted Paper
Salted Paper Processes
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by William Henry Fox Talbot, 'The Fruit Sellers', salted paper print, ca. 1839
Dimensions
  • Width:
Gallery label
Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund.
Production
From a negative in the RPS collection, RPS025165; same as photographs in the RPS collection, RPS025198, RPS025199, RPS025204, RPS025205.
Bibliographic references
  • William H Fox Talbot: inventor of the negative-positive process, by André Jammes (New York: Collier, 1973): 31.
  • Die aufgehobene Zeit: die Erfindung der Photographie durch William Henry Fox Talbot, by Hubertus von Amelunxen (Berlin: Nishen, 1988): 79.
  • Printed Light: the scientific art of William Henry Fox Talbot and David Octavius Hill with Robert Adamson, by John Ward (Edinburgh: Scottish National Portrait Gallery by H.M.S.O., 1986): 102.
  • Schaaf, Larry John. The Photographic Art of William Henry Fox Talbot. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2000. ISBN 0691050007.
Other number
RPS025280 - Royal Photographic Society number
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.201-2017

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Record createdMarch 29, 2017
Record URL
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