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Two specimens of fern leaf
Caleb Burrell Rose (1790-1872)c. 1840
The Royal Society
London, United Kingdom
A photogenic drawing of two plant specimens, the leaves placed on sensitized paper and exposed to sunlight. Inscribed above in ink: "An early attempt at Photography from Norwich." Contact print on sensitized paper.
Apparently, an early use of the process developed by William Henry Fox Talbot FRS (1800-1877). The naturalist and geologist Caleb Burrell Rose (1790-1872) in whose papers this image is preserved, practised as a surgeon in Swaffham, Norfolk, 1816-c.1859.
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- Title: Two specimens of fern leaf
- Creator: Caleb Burrell Rose (1790-1872)
- Date Created: c. 1840
- Location Created: Norwich, United Kingdom
- Rights: Copyright The Royal Society, 2018
- External Link: To license this image please visit the Royal Society Picture Library
- Scientist: Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877)
- Invention: Cyanotype
- Field: Biology
- Catalogue Reference: MS/223/24
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