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Some Account of the Art of Photogenic Drawing, or the Process by which Natural Objects May Be Made to Delineate Themselves without the Aid of the Artist's Pencil

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Some Account of the Art of Photogenic Drawing, or the Process by which Natural Objects May Be Made to Delineate Themselves without the Aid of the Artist's Pencil
Artist
William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877
Date
Read before the Royal Society, January 31, 1839
Technique
  • other
Origin
Europe
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