The Soliloquy of the Broom

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: 1843
Medium: Salted paper print
Dimensions: Image: 16.8 × 20.6 cm (6 5/8 × 8 1/8 in.); Paper: 17.5 × 21.3 cm (6 15/16 × 8 7/16 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.: 1972.345

"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