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Title:The Open Door
Artist:William Henry Fox Talbot (British, Dorset – Lacock)
Date:before May
Medium:Salted paper print from paper negative
Classification:Photographs
Credit Line:Gift of Jean Horblit, in memory of Harrison D. Horblit,
Object Number (1)
William Henry Fox Talbot; by descent to his daughter, Matilda Caroline (Talbot) Gilchrist-Clark (–); by descent to her daughter, Constance (Gilchrist-Clark) Stewart (–); Stewart family until ; (Christie's South Kensington, October ); Harrison D. Horblit, Ridgefield, Connecticut (–); by descent to his wife, Jean (Mermin) Horblit (–)
Leers, Dan. William Henry Fox Talbot and the Promise of Photography. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Art.
Talbot, William Henry Fox. The Pencil of Nature. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, – pl. VI.
Schaaf, Larry J. William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné Oxford: Bodleian Libraries,
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The Open Door
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Title:The Open Door
Artist:William Henry Fox Talbot (British, Dorset – Lacock)
Date:before May
Medium:Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions:Image: x cm (5 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. )
Classification:Photographs
Credit Line:Gilman Collection, Purchase, Joseph M. Cohen and Robert Rosenkranz Gifts,
Object Number
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil, right margin: "X"
[]; Harold White (–), Filby, Norfolk, England; [Hans P. Kraus, Jr., New York]; Gilman Paper Company Collection, New York, January 21,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Pencil of Nature," January 24–April 9,
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Waking Dream: Photography's First Century, Selections from the Gilman Paper Company Collection," May 25–July 4,
Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland. "The Waking Dream: Photography's First Century, Selections from the Gilman Paper Company Collection," August 7–October 2,
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. "The Waking Dream: Photography's First Century, Selections from the Gilman Paper Company Collection," June 19–September 11,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Beyond the Edges: An Insider's Look at Early Photog