Personal archive of William Henry Fox Talbot
William Henry Fox Talbot
- Art Funded
- 2013
- Dimensions
- Various in 129 archival boxes
- Vendor
- confidential vendor
William Henry Fox Talbot was a Victorian polymath who invented pioneering photographic techniques.
This archive includes many early photographs, including one made by Talbot's wife Constance, which may be the earliest image ever taken by a woman. Other elements of the archive include original manuscripts, family diaries and correspondence. This archive was acquired with assistance from the Wolfson Foundation.
Provenance
By descent.