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Lime Leaf

Photograph
ca. 1845 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Salted paper print of a lime leaf

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLime Leaf (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Salt print contact printed from a calotype negative or photogenic drawing
Brief description
Lime Leaf by Calvert Richard Jones, salted paper print from calotype negative, Britain, ca.1845.
Physical description
Salted paper print of a lime leaf
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.6cm
  • Width: 16.4cm
Gallery label
Cameraless Photography

Calvert Richard Jones (1802–77)
Lime Leaf
c.1845
Salt print from photogenic drawing negative
20.6 x 16.4 cm
Museum no. PH.66-1983

Jones was an associate of Talbot and a skilled painter and photographer who made landscape and architectural studies on extensive European travels. It is unusual to find cameraless images among his work. This one was made in the same way as the examples on p. 26 and 27
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
p. 50 The Origin of Photography: Great Britain. Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, 2019.
Collection
Accession number
PH.66-1983

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Record createdNovember 6, 2002
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