Fox Talbot Museum Trip

                

How charming it would be if it were possible to cause these natural images to imprint themselves durably and remain fixed upon the paper! And why should it not be possible? I asked myself."

- William Henry Fox Talbot

                              

Fox Talbot was an English member of parliament scientist, inventor and p pioneer of photography. William Henry Fox Talbot was born on 11 February 1800 in Melbury, Dorset, into a well-connected family. In1833, while visiting Lake come in Italy, his lack of success at sketching the scenery prompted him to dream up a new machine with light-sensitive paper that would make the sketches for him automatically. On his return to England, he began work on this project as his home at Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire.

                             

Reference:

Nationaltrustorguk. 2017. National Trust. [Online]. [20 November 2016]. Available from: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lacock-abbey-fox-talbot-museum-and-village/features/learn-about-the-history-of-photography