# Portrait of Rosamond Constance Talbot, the Photographer’s Daughter

- By: William Henry Fox Talbot (Melbury (Dorset), 1800–1877)
- Date: c. 1842
- Medium: photographic support
- Classification: photograph
- Dimensions: height 113 mm x width 95 mm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-F-F17637--912636757969bb29d0277055a3d9ea49)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/OrWLk/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

In this little salted paper portrait taken by the British inventor of photography, the difference with the daguerreotype – the French invention of photography on a silvered copper plate – is quite distinct. A daguerreotype photograph is pinpoint-sharp and almost tangible in a magical way. In contrast, a paper photograph has soft lines and contours and is picturesque, like a drawing in sepia. Daguerreotype produced unique and one-off images, while paper photography was reproducible.