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Henry Fox Talbot, 1839, Folded lace and a botanical specimen [Fragment of lace and botanical specimen, Selaginella (Selaginellaceae)], Paper Negative-Contact, National Science and Media Museum, LL/84931
Nicolaas Henneman, 1840s (mid), Copy of an Ackermann's Colour Chart, Calotype negative / Digital print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76899
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 21 July, 8.42 - 8.52 am, Venice, Palazzo Fascari with a portion of Palazzo Guistiniani, from the Portico of Palazzo Mosolino, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76000
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., The Board of Trade and Privy Council Offices, London, Salted Paper Print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82204
Anna Atkins, 1853, Asplenium radicans, [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)], Cyanotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41702
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 24 May, 2.48-3.9 pm, Naples, view of Riviera di Chiaia, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76028
Henry Fox Talbot, 1844, October, 11. Loch Katrine, [Sun Pictures in Scotland, Plate 11], Calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/85126
Calvert Richard Jones, 1846, 1 January, 67. Colosseum Rome, 2nd view, Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/73202
Henry Fox Talbot, 1845 (ca), Portrait of young woman with dog, Photoglyphic engraving, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41811
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, 1826 (ca), Le Cardinal d'Amboise, Heliograph on pewter, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45989
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843, 7 June, Place du Carrousel and roof of the Louvre, Paris, Calotype negative / Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82879
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 11 June, 2.45 - 2.58 pm, Rome, view from the Salila del Campidaglio, to the left is the Temple of Jupiter Tonans., Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/75980
Henry Peach Robinson, 1862, Elaine Watching the Shield of Lancelot, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45910
Unknown creator, 1870 (ca), Fan with applied photographs, Fan, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41862
Julia Margaret Cameron, 1873 (ca), Queen Philippa interceding for the Burghers of Calais, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41801
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 20 July, 3.29 - 3.42 pm, Venice, Bridge of the Rialto, and Riva dei Carboni, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76013
Unidentified photographer, 1860 (ca), Group of young boys, Ambrotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/50400
John R.H. Weaver, 1915 (ca), Frederick H. Evans, Platinum print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/51605
Unidentified photographer, 1882, 6 December, Inside the Entrenchments [Egyptian entrenchments on the battlefield of Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt], Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/42467
Henry Fox Talbot, 1845 (published), Lace, Photogenic drawing negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/70939
William Hope, 1920, Mrs Bentley and the spirit of her deceased sister, Gelatin silver print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/48208
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Elm tree in winter, Lacock Abbey, Salted Paper Print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82184
Unknown maker / photographer, 1864 (ca), Portrait of Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren, Albumen print, in gilt locket, National Science and Media Museum, LL/64131
Unidentified photographer, 1860 (ca), Baker's Boy, Ambrotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/50398
Nick Hedges, 1969, May, Mrs T and her family of 5 lived in a decaying terraced house owned by a steelworks., [Make Life Worth Living: Photographs for Shelter, 1969-72], Gelatin silver print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/55614
Roger Fenton, 1856 (ca), Prince Arthur William Patrick, Duke of Connaught, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41693
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 19 July, 12.22 - 12.32 pm, Venice, General View taken from a position in the Grand Canal, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76010
Oscar Gustave Rejlander, 1872 (publication), Expressions of Grief, [The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals], Book plate, National Science and Media Museum, LL/43243
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Two Statuettes of "Dancing Fishermen" after Duret with “Statuette of Ariadne and the Panther" after Dannecker, Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/84016
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Photomicrograph of a botanical specimen, Waxed paper negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/83518
A. Beer, 1855 (ca), The Fisherman's Daughter, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41781
Linnaeus Tripe, 1857, Vizigapatam work in ivory, buffalo and elk, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41857
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., 22. Melrose Abbey., [Sun Pictures in Scotland], Salted Paper Print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82205
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, June, 10.48 - 11.00 am, Rome, Piazza Navona from the north east angle, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76017
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843, View of the Boulevards at Paris, Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82145
Unidentified photographer, 1865 (ca), Family in a boat, Ambrotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/50403
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 8 June, 5.24 - 5.36 pm, Rome. View from the Pavillion in the Orti Farnesi on the Palace of the Caesars, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/75972
W.J. Warren, 1898 (ca), Hansom Cab in Trafalgar Square, Platinum print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45209
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 4 May, about noon, Paestum, The Great Temple called also the Temple of Neptune, from the South East, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76012
Nicolaas Henneman, 1847, Title page for Nicolaas Henneman, 1847, Talbotypes or Sun Pictures, Taken From The Actual Objects Which They Represent, (London: Nicolaas Henneman), Title page, National Science and Media Museum, LL/80413
Calvert Richard Jones, n.d., 6. Maltese Boat Ashore, Calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/85127
Henry Fox Talbot, 1840 (ca), Photomicrograph of three crystals - study of polarized light, Calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45413
Henry Fox Talbot, 1839, 1 January, Photomicrograph of Lace, Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/73194
Unidentified photographer, 1889 (ca), The Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company stand at a trade fair, Kodak circular snapshot print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/42470
F. Holland Day, 1900, James Craig Annan, Platinum process / platinotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/51614
Nick Hedges, 2014, Nick Hedges at his exhibition "Make Life Worth Living: Photographs for Shelter, 1969-72", Colour image, National Science and Media Museum, LL/55618
Lewis Carroll, 1876 (ca), Xie (Alexandra Rhoda) Kitchin, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41840
W. Hammerschmidt, 1860s, Ba'lbek, Colonnes du grande temple, vue du sud [Baalbek (Lebanon) Columns of the Great Temple, view from the south], Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/39425
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 20 June, 4.31 - 4.45 pm, Venice, The Basilica of San Marco, in front the three flagpoles., Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/75988
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Groupe of the Sabines at Florence [with a decorative lace border], Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/73203
Zoltan Glass, 1931 (ca), Racing car driver reading a newspaper, Black and white photograph, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45222
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 14 April, 10.42 - 11.2 am, Naples, Castel dell'Ovo and island of Capri, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/75977
Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, 1928 (ca), Self portrait of Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, Platinum print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/51582
Helen Messinger Murdoch, 1914, Bishareen children, Aswan, Egypt, Autochrome, National Science and Media Museum, LL/84941
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Bust of Venus, Paper negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76876
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Notes & transcript of a letter relating to hieroglyphics, Paper Negative, contact, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82168
Thomas Annan, 1868, Close, No 46 Saltmarket, Photographic print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45217
Calvert Richard Jones, n.d., 20. House of Tragic Poet, Pompeii, 2nd series, Salted Paper Print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82219
Unidentified photographer, 1890 (ca), Beach photographer, Kodak circular snapshot, National Science and Media Museum, LL/51620
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., The Royal Exchange, London, Paper Negative - Camera, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82196
Lewis Carroll, 1876 (ca), Xie (Alexandra) Kitchin as Chinese tea merchant, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41841
Ernest Payne, 1896 (ca), X-ray photograph of a foot in a shoe, Gelatin silver print, x-ray, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41851
Henry Fox Talbot, 1851 (ca), Photomicrograph of interference pattern - study of polarized light through crystals, Albumenized paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45414
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 4 May, around 1 pm, Paestum. Small Temple, called also Temple of Ceres, from the South West, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/75979
Unidentified photographer, 1856, Portrait of Philip Henry Delamotte, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/61492
Unidentified photographer, 1845, Julia Margaret Cameron, at age 30, with her daughter Julia Hay Cameron, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/73040
Anna Atkins, 1853, Lastrea feonisecii, [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)], Cyanotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41700
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843-1844, Lattice bridge over the River Avon at Lacock - winter trees, Calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/72256
John Adams Whipple and George Phillips Bond, 1851, The Moon, Daguerreotype, in case, National Science and Media Museum, LL/100939
Roger Fenton, 1857 (ca), Buckingham Palace, Old Front, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41685
Roger Fenton, 1856, Highland Gillies at Balmoral, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41697
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 5 June, Rome: Piazza di Monte Cavallo, from the Quirinal Palace, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/75986
Henry Fox Talbot, 1840, Portrait of Talbot's wife, Constance, Salt print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41810
Unidentified photographer, 1880-1900, Prisoners in Wormwood Scrubs, Album page, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41863
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Leaf of a vine (Vitaceae), Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/84540
Guillaume-Amant Duchenne de Boulogne, 1862, Page from "Mecanisme de la Physionomie Humaine", Pl.6, Book plate, National Science and Media Museum, LL/39429
Roger Fenton, 1857 (ca), Hyde Park Corner [London], Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41686
Henry Fox Talbot, 1846, 1 January, Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, Paper Negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82162
Henry Fox Talbot, 1844, 1 October, 23. Melrose Abbey, Waxed paper negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/73198
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843, 16 May, Ships in the Rouen harbour, seen through a curtained window, Salted paper print, from a calotype negative, digitally enhanced, National Science and Media Museum, LL/80467
Roger Fenton, 1856, Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire], Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41684
Linnaeus Tripe, 1857, Ancient pottery, Madras Exhibition, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41858
Roger Fenton, 1852, View from Ivan's Tower, Moscow, Salt print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41678
Henry Fox Talbot, 1839 (ca), Roofline of Lacock Abbey, Salt print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41806
Zoltan Glass, 1936, Chassis and engine of a Mercedes-Benz Type 170, Black and white photograph, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45227
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 9 June, 8.29 - 8.41 am, Rome: View from the Pincio, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76018
Unknown maker, 1870 (ca), Wooden fan with photographic portraits, Colour image, National Science and Media Museum, LL/42465
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, 1827 (ca), Christ Carrying his Cross, Heliograph on pewter, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45990
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Northumberland House from Trafalgar Square, London, Waxed paper negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/87006
Henry Fox Talbot, 1841, 8 April, Lady Elisabeth Feilding, posed outside Lacock Abbey, Salt print, from a calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/81871
James Robertson, 1855 (ca), A ruined temple, Greece [The Propylaea of the Acropolis, Athens], Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/39423
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, n.d., Intérieur d'une Abbaye en ruines, Photographic plate, National Science and Media Museum, LL/35586
Henry Fox Talbot, 1840 (ca), Photomicrograph of Moth Wings, Calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/36343
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 24 May, 8.10 - 8.24 am, Naples, The Royal Palace, with the barracks below, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76008
Calvert Richard Jones, 1846, 1 June - 31 October, 160. Dove Cote, Singleton, Waxed paper negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/87001
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 16 July, 8.29 - 8.36 am, Venice, Dogana del Mare, & Church of San Maria della Salute, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/75995
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Photomicrograph of a botanical specimen, Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/83517
Unidentified photographer, 1860 (ca), Officer, Ambrotype, hand-coloured, National Science and Media Museum, LL/50399
F.W. Baker and Co, n.d., View of the front facade of Akbar's tomb (at Sikandra, a suburb of Agra, Uttan Pradesh, India), Daguerreotype, stereo, National Science and Media Museum, LL/98566
Henry Fox Talbot, 1844, 1 April, VI. The Open Door [wide shadow], Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/73206
William Crookes, n.d., Normal' Interference or Polarisation Pattern on Nitre, Photomicrograph, National Science and Media Museum, LL/83523
Zoltan Glass, 1932 (ca), Man falling off a motorcycle, Black and white photograph, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45221
Henry Peach Robinson, 1858, Little Red Riding Hood then went and drew back the curtain, when she was much surprised to see how oddly her Grandmother looked in her nightclothes!, [Little Red Riding Hood, No.3], Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41758
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., A man at the lodge gateway to a country estate, Waxed paper negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/87018
Henry Fox Talbot, 1842, 9 April, An empty armchair on a lawn, set against a backdrop, Salted Paper Print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82208
Roger Fenton, 1856, Princess Helena and Princess Louise, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41696
Linnaeus Tripe, 1857, The Pagoda Jewels used to adorn the idols, Salt print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41855
John Adams Whipple and George Phillips Bond, 1851, The Moon, Daguerreotype, in case, National Science and Media Museum, LL/100941
Eveleen Myers, 1891 (ca), Rebecca, Photograph, National Science and Media Museum, LL/80646
John Adams Whipple and George Phillips Bond, 1851, The Moon, Daguerreotype, in case, National Science and Media Museum, LL/100938
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 4 May, 7.30 - 7.55 am, Paestum, Eastern Facade of the Great Temple, called also the Temple of Neptune, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76029
George Bridges, 1847 (included in book / maquette?), 20. Amphitheatre, Taormina, Sicily, [Talbotypes or Sun Pictures, Taken From The Actual Objects Which They Represent], Salted paper print, from a calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/80419
Peter Henry Emerson, 1887, Title page for P.H. Emerson, 1887, Pictures from Life in Field and Fen, (Covent Garden: George Bell and Sons), Title page, National Science and Media Museum, LL/43246
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Bust of Patroclus, Paper Negative, camera, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82178
Henry Fox Talbot, 1842, 9 April, An empty armchair on a lawn, set against a backdrop, Paper Negative - Camera, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82207
John Thomson, 1877, London Cabmen, [Street Life in London], Woodburytype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41803
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Tumbled Books on Two Shelves, Calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/78336
Henry Peach Robinson, 1886-1887, Sketch for "Carrolling", Pencil on paper, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45970
Unknown artist, 1810 (ca), Silhouette of child, Silhouette, National Science and Media Museum, LL/42464
Henry Fox Talbot, 1846, December (after), Copy of a cover of "Punch's Almanack for 1846" (reduced in camera), Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/86345
W.J. Warren, 1898 (ca), Fountain in Trafalgar Square, Platinum print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45208
John Thomson, 1877, Recruiting Sargeants at Westminster, [Street Life in London], Woodburytype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41805
Henry Peach Robinson, 1858, Little Red Riding Hood hastened home to tell her mother all that had befallen her; nor did she forget that night to thank heaven fervently having delivered her from the jaws of the Wolf, [Little Red Riding Hood, No.4], Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41759
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Botanical specimen, flowering shoot of a red currant plant (Ribes-sanguinea), Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/84541
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Bust of Patroclus, Paper Negative, camera, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82172
Henry Fox Talbot, 1845, 1 January (before), VIII. A Scene in a Library, Waxed paper negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/73199
Unidentified photographer, 1860 (ca), Three friends, Ambrotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/50402
Calvert Richard Jones, 1846, 1 January (taken), Palm Tree near Valetta, 2nd View, Salted Paper Print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82181
Anna Atkins, 1853, Asplenium marinum, [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)], Cyanotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41707
Louis Jules Duboscq, n.d., Still life. Taxidermy cloven hoofed animal rearing, possibly a young Chamois, Daguerreotype, stereo, National Science and Media Museum, LL/79964
Noël Marie Paymal Lerebours, 1841 (ca), Le Parthenon a Athens, [Excursions Daguerriennes, representant les vues et les monuments les plus remarquables du globe (Paris, 1841-1864)], Engraving, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41617
Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton, 1896, 13 January (taken), Print from the first X-ray of the human hand made in England, X-ray, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41854
William Gaskell Helsby, 1848, Daguerreotype case for W.G. Helsby, Retratista, Valparaiso, Daguerreotype, case, National Science and Media Museum, LL/59128
Alvin Langdon Coburn, 1918, George Davison, Photograph, National Science and Media Museum, LL/53603
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Rosamond, Ela and Matilda Talbot, in the Cloisters at Lacock Abbey, Calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/85124
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843, 14 June, XII. The Bridge of Orleans., Paper negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/87016
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 25 June, 7.23-7.31 am, Pisa. The Leaning Tower, Eastern Extremity of the Cathedral, & top of Baptistery, from the top of the City Walls, North East of the Cathedral, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76030
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Rugged landscape with stream and leafless trees, Salted Paper Print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82189
Nicolaas Henneman, 1847, Book cover and title page for Nicolaas Henneman, 1847, Talbotypes or Sun Pictures, Taken From The Actual Objects Which They Represent, (London: Nicolaas Henneman), Book, possibly a maquette, National Science and Media Museum, LL/80412
Roger Fenton, 1855, Officers on the lookout at Cathcart's Hill, Crimea, Salt print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/53600
   

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