Branch of a Fern

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: c. 1853/58
Medium: Photoglyphic engraving made without a gauze or resin ground screen
Dimensions: Image: 8 × 11 cm (3 3/16 × 4 3/8 in.); Paper: 10.5 × 14.2 cm (4 3/16 × 5 5/8 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: engraving
Style: 19th century
Place: England
Department: Photography and Media
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kolodny
Accession no.: 1975.1050

"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