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Earliest Surviving Negative

When: 1835
Where: Lacock Abbey
Part of: Henry Fox Talbot produces the earliest known photographic negatives at Lacock Abbey

Talbot produced a negative of an oriel window at Lacock Abbey in 1835, potentially the earliest surviving photographic camera negative.

In 1835, Talbot made what may be the earliest surviving photographic camera negative at Lacock Abbey. The image depicted an interior view of the oriel window in the south gallery. This work was part of his pioneering experiments in photography during the 1830s.

Sources

Lacock Abbey Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29

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