File:SS Great Britain by Talbot.jpg

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English: SS Great Britain fitting out alongside Gasworks quay in Bristol Floating Harbour (not Cumberland Basin), April 1844. This photograph of Great Britain taken by pioneering photographer William Henry Fox Talbot is not only the first taken of Great Britain, but also believed to be the first photograph ever taken of a ship.
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Source "The SS Great Britain splice", www.seile.com.
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William Henry Fox Talbot  (1800–1877)  wikidata:Q299565 s:en:Author:William Henry Fox Talbot q:it:William Fox Talbot
 
William Henry Fox Talbot
Description British photographer
Date of birth/death 11 February 1800 Edit this at Wikidata 17 September 1877 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Melbury, Dorset, England Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, England
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