Lace

1839-1844

William Henry Fox Talbot

Artist, British, 1800 - 1877

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photogenic drawing negative

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 17.1 x 22 cm (6 3/4 x 8 11/16 in.)
    support: 24.8 x 31.1 cm (9 3/4 x 12 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.36.116

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; NGA purchase, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

  • The First Century of Photography: New Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 84.

2009

  • In the Darkroom: Photographic Processes Before the Digital Age, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009 - 2010, unnumbered catalogue.

2019

  • The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1844

  • Talbot, William Henry Fox. The Pencil of Nature. London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1844, illus. pl.xx.

1985

  • Masterpieces of Photography From the George Eastman House Collections. New York: Abbeville Press, 1985, p.30.

Inscriptions

on mount, lower right in graphite: 20

Wikidata ID

Q64171021

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