William Henry Fox Talbot – Two Plant Specimens, 1839 | Giclée Print
30 × 40 cm / 11.8 × 15.7 in — Original size, 1:1
CHF 49.00
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William Henry Fox Talbot – Two Plant Specimens, 1839 | Giclée Print
CHF 49.00
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Two plants laid on a sheet of sensitised paper and carried into the sun. A honeysuckle branch down the left, in flower and still carrying its leaves; a single umbel on a long stalk to the right, opened flat. Where the plants lay, the paper stayed pale. Everywhere else it darkened. Talbot did not draw any of this, and he did not photograph it either — there was no camera in the room.
What this is. A giclée reproduction of a photogenic drawing, made with pigment inks. It is not a photogram and is not sold as one — a photogram is a unique object made in sunlight, and Talbot's are in museums.
Scale
Original: sheet 18.1 × 22.1 cm / 7.1 × 8.7 in
30 × 40 cm / 11.8 × 15.7 in — Original size, 1:1. Image 18.10 × 22.10 cm.
40 × 50 cm / 15.7 × 19.7 in — Enlarged, 1.75× original. Image 31.68 × 38.68 cm.
The print
Giclée on 200 gsm FSC-certified fine art paper, twelve pigment inks. White border, optical centre. The paper tone of the original is kept, not corrected. Unframed. Shipped rolled in a tube.
Provenance
William Henry Fox Talbot (British, 1800–1877), Two Plant Specimens, 1839; photogenic drawing, image and paper 22.1 × 18.1 cm, mount 29 × 21.5 cm.
Where this comes from
The museum file, the measurements, and what we are allowed to sell: the record for this sheet.
Further reading
Why This Print Is Not Bigger
