About This Artwork

William Henry Fox Talbot
English, 1800–1877

Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, 1843/44

Salted paper print from a calotype negative
17.0 x 21.1 cm
Restricted gift of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Kovler, 1967.149

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Schaaf, Larry J. 1992. "Out of the Shadows: Herschel, Talbot and The Invention of Photography." New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 134. pl. 85.