Victoria and Albert Museum - Royal Photographic Society

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Photograph by John Cimon Warburg (1867 -1931). Warburg was able...

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection/Victoria and Albert Museum, London Photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879).

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection/Victoria and Albert Museum, London Photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879).

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection/Victoria and Albert Museum, London Photograph by John Cimon Warburg (1867 -1931). Warburg was able t...

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection/Victoria and Albert Museum, London Autochrome. Photograph by Helen Messenger Murdoch.

Photograph by Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (1853-1941). Sutcliffe is best known for his naturalistic and spontaneous style of photography, especially his po...

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection/Victoria and Albert Museum, London Autochrome. Photograph by Helen Messenger Murdoch.

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection/Victoria and Albert Museum, London Autochrome. Photograph by Helen Messenger Murdoch.

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection/Victoria and Albert Museum, London Autochrome. Photograph by Helen Messenger Murdoch.

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection/Victoria and Albert Museum, London Autochrome. Photograph by Helen Messenger Murdoch.

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection/Victoria and Albert Museum, London Autochrome. Photograph by Helen Messenger Murdoch. The Panama Pa...

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Photograph by Helen Messenger Murdoch.

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection/Victoria and Albert Museum, London Autochrome. Photograph by Helen Messenger Murdoch.

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection/Victoria and Albert Museum, London Autochrome. Photograph by Helen Messenger Murdoch.

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection/Victoria and Albert Museum, London Autochrome. Photograph by Helen Messenger Murdoch.

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Photograph by Helen Messenger Murdoch.

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Photograph by Helen Messenger Murdoch.

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection/Victoria and Albert Museum, London Autochrome. Photograph by Helen Messenger Murdoch.

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Photograph by Helen Messenger Murdoch.

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Photograph by Helen Messenger Murdoch.

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Photograph by Helen Messenger Murdoch.

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Photograph by Helen Messenger Murdoch.

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Photograph by Helen Messenger Murdoch.

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection/Victoria and Albert Museum, London Autochrome. Photograph by Helen Messenger Murdoch.

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection/Victoria and Albert Museum, London Autochrome by Helen Messinger Murdoch.

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection/Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonAutochrome by Helen Messinger Murdoch.

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Petzval type lens made by Jamin of Paris, thought to have belong...

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Gum platinum print. Photograph by Alvin Langdon Coburn.

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Framed heliograph on pewter by Joseph Nicephore Niepce, taken fr...

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection © Victoria and Albert Museum, London The reverse of a framed heliograph on pewter by Joseph Nicephore...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/SSPL A photograph titled 'Village News', of villagers chatting whilst going about their daily business, taken by Colonel Joseph Gal...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/SSPL A photograph of a man talking to a young boy, taken by Colonel Joseph Gale (c 1835-1906) in about 1890. On a bright summer da...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/SSPL A photograph of a farm worker mending a plough, taken by Colonel Joseph Gale (c 1835-1906) in about 1890. The man fixes the eq...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/SSPL A photograph of a miner at the top of a mineshaft, taken by Colonel Joseph Gale (c 1835-1906) in about 1890. The man stands a...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/SSPL A photograph titled 'Jack of All Trades', taken by Colonel Joseph Gale (c 1835-1906) in 1891. This photograph of an old handym...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/SSPL A photograph taken by Colonel Joseph Gale (c 1835-1906) in about 1889, of a man and woman standing talking at the rear of a ho...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/SSPL A photograph of ploughing taken by Colonel Joseph Gale (c 1835-1906), in about 1890. This three horse team is pulling a ploug...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/SSPL A photograph titled 'Spinning - A Highland Doorway', of an elderly woman sitting to thread her spinning wheel, taken by Colone...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/SSPL A photograph of two men collecting fallen branches from underneath trees, taken by Colonel Joseph Gale (c 1835-1906) in about...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/SSPL A photograph titled 'The Canal Boat', taken by Colonel Joseph Gale (c 1835-1906) in 1888. A man walks a gangplank to load a c...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/SSPL A photograph of a woman sitting outside her cottage using a spinning wheel, taken by Colonel Joseph Gale (c 1835-1906) in 1894...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/SSPL A photograph titled 'Ploughing and Burning', taken by Colonel Joseph Gale (c 1835-1906) in about 1890. Two teams of oxen pull...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/SSPL A photograph of a farrier fitting a new horseshoe whilst some children watch, taken by Colonel Joseph Gale (c 1835-1906) in ab...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/SSPL A photograph of two horses pulling a cart piled high with branches and twigs, taken by Colonel Joseph Gale (c 1835-1906) in ab...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/SSPL A photograph titled 'The Wayfarer', taken by Colonel Joseph Gale (c 1835-1906) in 1885. A girl carries a jug of refreshments...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/SSPL A photograph by Colonel Joseph Gale (c 1835-1906) of boats on the River Thames, London. The picture was taken between 1881 and...

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Photograph by Hugh Knowles of a boy with a wheelbarrow.

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Photographer Helen Messenger Murdoch standing in front of the US...

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Autochrome of the Sphinx in Egypt by Helen Messenger Murdoch.

The V&A’s Royal Photographic Society Collection © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Photographer and date unknown. Edwardian portrait, woman in El...