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William Henry Fox Talbot

Nelson's Column under Construction, Trafalgar Square

first week of April 1844
Salted paper print from paper negative
17.1 × 21.2 cm (6.7 × 8.3 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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