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© National Media Museum

Photographs from the Royal Photographic Society Collection

Artist: Various, Julia Margaret Cameron (1815 - 1879), Roger Fenton (1819 - 1869), William Henry Fox Talbot (1800 - 1877), David Octavius Hill (1802 - 1870), Henry Peach Robinson (1830-1901), Francis Frith (1822 - 1898)

Location: National Media Museum

Date: 1826-1910

Materials: positives & negatives & heliographs & salt prints & glass negatives

Grant:

Amount Paid: £342,000 (Total: £4,500,000)

Vendor: Royal Photographic Society

Review number: 5280 (2003)

Provenance:
Largely acquired through gifts by members of the Royal Photographic Society.

Description:
The collection was formed as a record of the Society's history and a history of photography. It covers the period from pre-photography, including works by William H F Talbot, Roger Fenton, Henry Peach Robinson, Julia Margaret Cameron and British and American secession photography. In addition to approximately 270,000 photographs supported by the Art Fund grant the collection also includes photographic equipment, negatives, books etc.

• Other works by Various
• Other works by Julia Margaret Cameron
• Other works by Roger Fenton
• Other works by William Henry Fox Talbot
• Other works by David Octavius Hill
• Other works by Henry Peach Robinson
• Other works by Francis Frith
• Other works at National Media Museum