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Fern

Print
ca.1863 (photoengraving)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print by William Henry Fox Talbot, 'Fern', photoglyphic engraving, ca.1863


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleFern (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Print by William Henry Fox Talbot, 'Fern', photoglyphic engraving, ca.1863
Dimensions
  • Image height: 102mm
  • Image width: 72mm
  • Paper height: 151mm
  • Paper width: 114mm
  • Plate height: 102mm
  • Plate width: 72mm
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
Same image published in Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, June 1863, plate XIV.
Similar subject to another photograph in the RPS collection, RPS025524.
Associated object
PROV.1602-2017 (RPS Group record)
Bibliographic references
  • Schaaf, Larry John. The Photographic Art of William Henry Fox Talbot. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2000. ISBN 0691050007.
  • p. 33 Unearthed : Photography's roots. London: Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2020.‎ ISBN: 9781898519447
Other numbers
  • RPS025520 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • old RPS 132J - Royal Photographic Society number
  • XRP597 - RPS collection - BFI barcode no.
Collection
Accession number
RPS.239-2017

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Record createdMarch 31, 2017
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