Henry Talbot

English photographer, inventor and scientist. He was educated at Harrow School and the University of Cambridge and was an outstanding scholar and a formidable mathematician. His scientific interest in nature and natural phenomena, including botany and horticulture, was complemented by studies of Assyriology, etymology and the Classics.

Nicolaas Henneman, Asleep. c. 1844-45

Solar Photo-micrograph, Transverse section stem. 1839

The Haystack. 1844

Pantheon, 1843

The Open Door, Plate VI, “The Pencil of Nature” c. 1844

Cloisters, Lacock Abbey. 1843