Fox Talbot's Cameras

Two of William Fox Talbot's cameras, his 'Mouse Trap' camera (left) and an improved 1835 model (centre) alongside a modern press camera at an exhibition celebrating the 150th anniversary of Fox Talbot's birth, at Lacock Abbey in Lacock, Wiltshire, England, 1st February 1950. Fox Talbot used the 'Mouse Trap' to take his first images of Lacock Abbey.