Monday, 9 March 2015

1 photo, 20 words x


Joining in with Abi's meme...............
"How charming it would be if it were possible to cause these natural images to imprint themselves durable and remain....."
Wlliam Henry Fox Talbot 

William Henry Fox Talbot was a British inventor and photography pioneer who invented the calotype process, a precursor to photographic processes of the 19th and 20th centuries

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Photograph taken at National Trust property Lacock Abbey. There are 8 mice hidden on "mousetrap" cameras around the Abbey. Fox Talbots wife named his early cameras "Mouse traps".


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2 comments:

  1. Sian9 March 2015 at 14:13

    Aw, this is lovely. I like the photo and I really like the words too.

    We visited Lacock many years ago: so long ago we were able to join the National Trust on a cheap "young persons" ticket!!

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  2. alexa11 March 2015 at 20:27

    What a intriguing photo ... how interesting about the mice!

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