Calotype Camera
Object Details
- Description
- Camera used by William Henry Fox Talbot, 1830s
- Englishman William Henry Fox Talbot established the negative to postive process in photography. This small camera is one of a number that he used to expose sensitized paper to create negatives. The negatives were put in plate holders with sensitized salted paper and placed in the sun.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of M. Talbot
- ca 1830-1840
- ID Number
- PG.003864A
- catalog number
- 3864A
- accession number
- 100963
- Object Name
- Camera, Calotype
- Camera
- Other Terms
- Camera; Camera, Calotype; Plate/Sheet; Stand; Rigid Body
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 5/8 in x 4 5/8 in x 8 1/2 in; 11.7475 cm x 11.7475 cm x 21.59 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Photography
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_834680
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-6e52-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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