Title: The Pencil of Nature
Object type: Photographically illustrated book
Date: 1844–46
Artist:  William Henry Fox Talbot 
Artist bio: British, Dorset 1800–1877 Lacock
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Salted paper prints from paper negatives
Dimensions: 15.2 x 20.3 cm (6 x 8 in.)
Classification: Books
Credit line: Gift of Jean Horblit, in memory of Harrison D. Horblit, 1994
Department: Photographs
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY