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A work made of calotype negative.

Portrait of Talbot's Wife (Constance) or Half-Sister (Caroline or Horatia)

William Henry Fox Talbot · c. 1842

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Palette

Cream
 36% of the image
Green · text contrast 14.3:1
Sand
 17% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.6:1
Biscuit
 17% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.2:1
Parchment
 16% of the image
Green · text contrast 11.8:1
Fawn
 10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.3:1
Khaki
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist
William Henry Fox Talbot
English, 1800–1877
Date
c. 1842
Type
Photograph
Medium
Calotype negative
Size
Image: 6.1 × 4.3 cm (2 7/16 × 1 3/4 in.); Paper: 25.4 × 21 cm (10 × 8 5/16 in.)
Place
England
Period
19th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Green · lightness 79, colourfulness 22

Art Institute of Chicago, Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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