Fox Talbot: A Biography

FAIN: FT-12850-76

Gail S. Buckland
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (New York, NY 10003-7120)

To investigate the life and work of William Henry Fox Talbot, the Englishman who invented photography. To relate his photographic research to his accomplishments in other fields. To analyze and interpret his unpublished letters; to make a thorough appraisal and presentation of his photographs, and to highlight Fox Talbot's continued influences upon early photographic research and printing after his initial contributions.