Lot Essay
Talbot probably made this image while travelling to Paris to instruct French business associates in the Calotype process.
Details
FOX TALBOT (1800-1877)
The Boulevard, Paris
Salt print with wide borders from a calotype negative. 1843. 6 5/8 x 6¾in. (image); 7¼ x 9in. (sheet). Framed.
The Boulevard, Paris
Salt print with wide borders from a calotype negative. 1843. 6 5/8 x 6¾in. (image); 7¼ x 9in. (sheet). Framed.
Provenance
Hans P. Kraus, Jr., New York
Literature
William Henry Fox Talbot: Pioneer of Photography and Man of Science, fig. 56; The Art of Photography: 1839-1989, pl. 6, The Sezon Museum of Art in association with Libro/Port Publishing, Tokyo, 1990 (exhibition catalogue).
Exhibited
The Art of Photography: 1839-1989, The Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo March 3 - April 1, 1990.