This collection piece is the most beautiful one at the university in my opinion. It's a copy of a wood engraving of a peregrine falcon after Thomas Bewick, made by William Henry Fox Talbot. This work is so beautiful because it shows the purity and simplicity of a complex photographic experiment. It's fascinating that this chemical experiment with light is still visible to us!
William Henry Fox Talbot is considered one of the inventors of photography. Expert Larry Schaaf dates this work between 1 January and 31 December, 1839.