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Sleep & Elaine Watching the Shield of Lancelot

Henry Peach Robinson, 1857–1867

These two works are part of the Royal Photographic Society Collection. 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

Sleep & Elaine Watching the Shield of Lancelot, 1857–1867

Date supported

2003

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