Two Plant Specimens

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: William Henry Fox Talbot / English, 1800–1877
Date: 1839
Medium: Photogenic drawing
Dimensions: 22.1 × 18 cm (8 3/4 × 7 1/8 in.); Mount: 29 × 21.5 cm (11 7/16 × 8 1/2 in.); Image/paper: 22.1 × 18.1 cm (8 11/16 × 7 1/8 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: salted paper print
Style: 19th century
Place: England
Department: Photography and Media
Credit line: Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson
Accession no.: 1972.325

"A Scene in York" - York Minster from Lop Lane
William Henry Fox Talbot
July 28, 1845 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006335
New Hall of Lincoln's Inn, London
William Henry Fox Talbot
c. 1841/46 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006336
Nelson's Column under Construction, Trafalgar Square, London
William Henry Fox Talbot
April 1844 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006338
"One of the Towers of Orleans Cathedral, as Seen from the Opposite Tower"
William Henry Fox Talbot
June 21, 1843 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006339