{"id":30496,"date":"2023-09-20T23:36:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T21:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=30496"},"modified":"2023-09-20T23:36:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T21:36:45","slug":"the-past-in-pictures-timeless-oak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/2023\/09\/20\/the-past-in-pictures-timeless-oak\/","title":{"rendered":"The past in pictures: Timeless oak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/c089c1f9-08bf-467c-97cc-b3331e58d537.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30493\" width=\"100\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/c089c1f9-08bf-467c-97cc-b3331e58d537.jpg 248w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/c089c1f9-08bf-467c-97cc-b3331e58d537-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\">THE PAST IN PICTURES<\/h5>\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\">Timeless oak<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif intro\">\u2018An Oak Tree in Winter\u2019 by scientist William Henry Fox Talbot represents the beginning of modern photographic techniques<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"862\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/BAL_6118805_preview-862x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/BAL_6118805_preview-862x1024.jpg 862w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/BAL_6118805_preview-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/BAL_6118805_preview-768x912.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/BAL_6118805_preview-1293x1536.jpg 1293w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/BAL_6118805_preview-1724x2048.jpg 1724w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap article-full-body sans-serif dropcap\"><span style=\"\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-ccp-white-color\">S<\/span><\/span>ome of the first ever photographs were inspired by nature: this image of an oak tree is one of the earliest taken using a negative. Scientist William Henry Fox Talbot (1800\u20131877) captured the image near his home \u2013 Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire \u2013 in the mid-1840s. It was one of a series of tree studies suggested by Talbot\u2019s childhood tutor Dr George Butler, who wrote excitedly to Talbot that such images \u201cwould exhibit the touch of the great Artist, Nature\u201d. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">The calotype, Talbot\u2019s invention, was pioneering and beautiful in its way but not as pin-sharp as some rival early techniques, such as the Daguerrotype. Today, you can visit Lacock Abbey and learn more about early photography at the Fox Talbot Museum and Gallery. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"sans-serif article-full-body\"><strong>Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire SN15 2LG. <a href=\"http:\/\/nationaltrust.org.uk\">nationaltrust.org.uk<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1779\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/5fad312a-7088-4443-ae42-a71fa1daca19.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/5fad312a-7088-4443-ae42-a71fa1daca19.jpg 1779w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/5fad312a-7088-4443-ae42-a71fa1daca19-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/5fad312a-7088-4443-ae42-a71fa1daca19-890x1024.jpg 890w, 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