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The Colosseum in Rome
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The Englishman Jones made this photograph using the method of William Henry Fox Talbot. By exposing paper coated with chemicals, a negative image was created, from which (unlike the Daguerre method) multiple positive prints could be made. A long exposure time was necessary to obtain a well-drawn photograph. Therefore, the people in the foreground had to stand still for minutes.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineColosseum te Rome. 1846-06. Calvert Richard Jones. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
