Lime Leaf
Photograph
ca. 1845 (made)
ca. 1845 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Salted paper print of a lime leaf
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Lime 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 |
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| 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 created | November 6, 2002 |
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