Handwritten Text in English

Made:
1852
maker:
William Henry Fox Talbot

Earliest etchings without ground (before 1852). Copper photoglyphic plate - handwriting; Latin, 4" x 2 3/4". In Talbot's hand.

The text is an extract from Virgil's Eclogue 1, and comprises verses taken from different parts of the poem.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1937-417/1
Materials:
copper (alloy)
Measurements:
plate: 102 mm x 70 mm
type:
photoglyph plate
credit:
Matilda Talbot