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Base of Radcliffe Library, Oxford

A work made of calotype paper negative.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of calotype paper negative.

Date:

July 29, 1842

Artist:

William Henry Fox Talbot
English, 1800–1877

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

William Henry Fox Talbot

Title

Base of Radcliffe Library, Oxford

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1842

Medium

Calotype paper negative

Dimensions

Image/paper: 13.4 × 16.9 cm (5 5/16 × 6 11/16 in.); Mount: 29.6 × 24.9 cm (11 11/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kolodny

Reference Number

1975.1046

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