[Dandelion Seeds]
1858 or later
![[Dandelion Seeds] by William Henry Fox Talbot](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/dandelion-seeds-285342.webp)
Medium
Photogravure (photoglyphic engraving from a copper plate)
Dimensions
Sheet: 15.1 x 11.3 cm (5 15/16 x 4 7/16 in.) Plate: 12.5 x 9.4 cm (4 15/16 x 3 11/16 in.) Image: 10.5 x 7.6 cm (4 1/8 x 3 in.)
Classification
Photographs|Prints
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 2004
Accession Number
2004.111
Tags
About the Artist
William Henry Fox Talbot · 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...