Photographs from the Royal Photographic Society Collection
Various, 1826–1910
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.
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Title of artwork, date
Photographs from the Royal Photographic Society Collection, 1826–1910
Date supported
2003
Medium and material
Positives & negatives & heliographs & salt prints & glass negatives
Grant
342000
Total cost
4500000

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