Thapsia Asclepium from Corfu

William Henry Fox Talbot British

1839–40

Not on view

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Title: Thapsia Asclepium from Corfu
Artist: William Henry Fox Talbot (British, Dorset 1800–1877 Lacock)
Date: 1839–40
Medium: Salted paper print
Dimensions: 22.5 x 18.5 cm (8 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1936
Object Number: 36.37 (26)
Curatorial Department: Photographs

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