William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) was a British scientist, inventor and photography pioneer who invented the salted paper and calotype processes, precursors to photographic processes of the later 19th and 20th centuries. His work in the 1840s on photomechanical reproduction led to the creation of the photoglyphic engraving process, the precursor to photogravure.
Talbot was the holder of a controversial patent which affected the early development of commercial photography in Britain, and was also a noted photographer who contributed to the development of photography as an artistic medium.
These rare vintage pictures he took street scenes in Paris in 1843 when traveling to negotiate a licensing agreement for the French rights to his patented calotype process and to give firsthand instruction in its use to the licensee, the Marquis of Bassano.
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| Avenue de la Paix, Paris, France, 1843 |
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| Boulevard des Capucines, Paris, 1843 |
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| Boulevard des Capucines, Paris, 1843 |
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| Boulevard des Capucines, Paris, 1843 |
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| Boulevard des Capucines, Paris, 1843 |
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| Boulevard des Italiens, Paris, 1843 |
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| Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, 1843 |
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| Notre Dame de Paris, 1843 |
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| Place Vendome, Paris, France, 1843 |
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| The Boulevards at Paris, 1843 |
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| View from the photographer's window on Avenue de la Paix, Paris, 1843 |
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| View from the photographer's window on Avenue de la Paix, Paris, 1843 |
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| View of the Boulevards of Paris, 1843 |
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