Victoria and Albert Museum - Royal Photographic Society

Print by William Henry Fox Talbot, 'Symmetrical fern, with cloth "halftone" screen', photographic engraving, ca.1852

Print by William Henry Fox Talbot, 'Fern Leaf', photoglyphic engraving, 1857

Print by William Henry Fox Talbot, 'Exp. 646: Specimen page of the People's Family Bible', photoglyphic engraving - experimental print, 1861

Print by William Henry Fox Talbot, 'Lower part of the front of a cathedral', photoglyphic engraving, ca.1858

Print by William Henry Fox Talbot, 'Bridge over the River Moldau at Prague', photoglyphic engraving, 1858

Print by William Henry Fox Talbot, 'Branch of medium leaves' (ginkgo shape), photographic engraving, ca.1852

Print by William Henry Fox Talbot and George Barclay, 'Melrose Abbey', photoglyphic engraving, ca.1850s

Print by William Henry Fox Talbot, 'Branch of small leaves' (possibly ghinko), photoglyphic engraving, ca.1858

Print by William Henry Fox Talbot, 'Exp. 655. Fern - Pteris Asperula', photoglyphic engraving - experimental print, 1861

Folded piece of crape cloth, photo William Henry Fox Talbot. United Kingdom, mid-19th century

Print by William Henry Fox Talbot, 'Two Leaves', photoglyphic engraving, ca.1858

Print by William Henry Fox Talbot, 'Lacock Abbey West Front - from the southwest', photoglyphic engraving, ca.1858

The Sacred Tree, photo Fred Holland Day. 1901

Drat the East Wind, photo Oscar Gustav Rejlander. 1857

Carte-de-visite photograph depicting several camels. Egypt, c.1850-80.

Camera. Britain, early-19th Century.

Camera. Britain, early-19th Century.

Camera. Britain, early-19th Century.

Camera. Britain, early-19th Century.

Camera. Britain, early-19th Century.

Camera. Britain, early-19th Century.

Camera. Britain, early-19th Century.

Still life with ivory tankard and fruit, photo Roger Fenton. Britain, mid-19th century

Camp at Sebastopol, photo Roger Fenton. Crimea, mid-19th century

Articles of China, photo William Henry Fox Talbot. Britain, 1844

Botanical Specimen, photo William Henry Fox Talbot. Britain, mid-19th Century

Reading Establishment (left hand side of panorama), photo William Henry Fox Talbot. Britain, 1844

Reading Establishment (right hand side of panorama), photo William Henry Fox Talbot. Britain, 1844

Reading Establishment (left hand side of panorama), photo William Henry Fox Talbot. Britain, 1844

Reading Establishment (right hand side of panorama), photo William Henry Fox Talbot. Britain, 1844

Fruit and flowers, photo Roger Fenton. Britain, mid-19th century

Harewood House, From the Terrace, photo Roger Fenton (1819-1869). Black and white photography. England, 1859.

Fruit and flowers, photo Roger Fenton. Britain, mid-19th century

Wells Cathedral, Windows at east end of South Aisle, photo Roger Fenton. England, 1858

'Miss Lutwidge', photo Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. England, 19th century

Two children dressed up as a maid and a gentleman, photo Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. England, 19th century

Charlotte Mary Dodgson, photo Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Putney, England, 1862

John Hassard Barry, photo Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. England, 19th century

Portrait of a girl, photo Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. England, 19th century

Portrait of a girl in fancy dress, eyes closed, photo Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. England, 19th century

'Putney (Hassard Dodgson's Home)', photo Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. England, 19th century

'Putney group playing whist', photo Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. England, 19th century

'I Zingari', Putney, photo Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. England, 19th century

Study for The Two Ways of Life, photo Oscar Gustav Rejlander. Mid-19th century

Reclining Female Nude, Artists' Study, Dorsal, photo Oscar Gustav Rejlander. Mid-19th century

Reclining Female Draped, Artists' Study, Dorsal, photo Oscar Gustav Rejlander. Mid-19th century

Standing Male, photo Oscar Gustav Rejlander. Mid-19th century

Still Life with Vase, Flowers and Fruit, photo Roger Fenton. Britain, mid-19th century

Two Ways of Life, photo Oscar Gustav Rejlander. 1857

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