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From Photographic Science to Scientific Photography: Talbot and Decipherment at the British Museum around 1850
Mirjam Brusius
Description: William Henry Fox Talbot: Beyond Photography
William Henry Fox Talbot: Beyond Photography
ON May 19, 1854, Edward Hawkins, keeper of the Department of Antiquities at the British Museum, received a letter containing the following lines:
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Mirjam Brusius
PublisherYale Center for British Art
PublisherPaul Mellon Centre
Copyright© 2013 by Yale University
Related print edition pages: pp.219-244
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00251.010
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Chapter subject tags:Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800-1877Cuneiform tabletsFenton, Roger, 1819-1869Photography--Great Britain--HistoryPhotography--History--19th century

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From Photographic Science to Scientific Photography: Talbot and Decipherment at the British Museum around 1850