[170–176 Regent Street, London] and "The Talbotype–Sun-Pictures" in The Art-Union, Monthly Journal of the Fine Arts
William Henry Fox Talbot|Robert Hunt
June 1, 1846
![[170–176 Regent Street, London] and "The Talbotype–Sun-Pictures" in The Art-Union, Monthly Journal of the Fine Arts by William Henry Fox Talbot|Robert Hunt](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/170176-regent-street-london-and-the-talbotypesun-263163.webp)
Medium
Salted paper print from paper negative
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert O. Dougan Collection, Gift of Warner Communications Inc., 1981
Accession Number
1981.1229.15
Tags
LondonBuildingsStreets
About the Artist
William Henry Fox Talbot|Robert Hunt · 1800–1877
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877), a British polymath whose ingenuity transformed visual representation, was born on 11 February 1800 at Melbury House, Dorset, the only child of William Davenport Talbot of Lacock Abbey and Lady Elisabeth Fox Strangways, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Ilchester. His father died shortly after his birth, leaving the family in financial straits until his formidable mo...