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Henry Fox Talbot, 1843, 1 June, Tower of Orléans Cathedral as seen from the opposite tower, Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/73190
Antoine Claudet, 1844 (ca), Portrait of William Fox Talbot, Daguerreotype, cased, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41830
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843, 4 September (probably), Part of Queen's College, Oxford, Calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/67137
1853, 28 July (given as a gift), A red velvet covered toiletry box with daguerreotype in the lid, Toiletry box, National Science and Media Museum, LL/77114
William Hope, 1920, Couple with young female spirit, Gelatin silver print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/36193
George Davison, 1890, The Onion Field, Mersea Island, Essex, Photogravure, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41836
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Statuette of Ariadne and the Panther, after Heinrich Dannecker, Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/84011
Henry Fox Talbot, 1845, 13 December (before), Ugbrooke House, Devon, Salted Paper Print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82182
H. Béchard, 1880 (ca), Le Sphinx Armachis, Caire [The Sphinx Armachis, Cairo], Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/39426
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., The Royal Exchange, London, Salted Paper Print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82195
Hugh Welch Diamond, 1855 (ca), Portrait of a patient from Surrey County Asylum, Salt print, from calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/51636
Lewis Carroll, 1876 (ca), Xie (Alexandra) Kitchin as Chinese tea merchant, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41842
Unidentified photographer, 1882, 6 December, Dead soldier at Tel-el-Kebir [Egypt], Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/42468
Roger Fenton, 1858, Saltash Bridge Under Construction {Cornwall], Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41691
Unidentified photographer, 1860 (ca), Officer, Ambrotype, hand-coloured, National Science and Media Museum, LL/50399
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, n.d., Intérieur d'une Abbaye en ruines, Photographic plate, National Science and Media Museum, LL/35586
Helen Messinger Murdoch, 1914, Bishareen children, Aswan, Egypt, Autochrome, National Science and Media Museum, LL/84941
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., Photomicrograph of a botanical specimen, air fern (Sertularia), Waxed paper negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/83519
Unidentified photographer, 1936, October, Jarrow Marchers en route to London, Gelatin silver print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/43244
Anna Atkins, 1853, Asplenium radicans, [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)], Cyanotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41702
Roger Fenton, n.d., British Museum Gallery of Antiquities, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/55925
Henry Fox Talbot, 1844, 1 October, Melrose Abbey, Waxed paper negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/73186
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 21 July, Venice, West Side of the Palazzo Ducale, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/75990
Roger Fenton, 1859, The Terrace, Garden and Park, Harewood [near Leeds, Yorkshire], Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41692
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, 1826, Un Clair de Lune - Moonlight, Pewter plate with resin of lavender oil, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45228
Samuel Bourne, 1864, Portrait of Samuel Bourne, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/42073
Henry Fox Talbot, 1833, 6 October, View towards Lecco, Drawing, made with a camera lucida, National Science and Media Museum, LL/42984
Guillaume-Amant Duchenne de Boulogne, 1862, Page from "Mecanisme de la Physionomie Humaine", Pl.1, Book plate, National Science and Media Museum, LL/39431
Calvert Richard Jones, n.d., The Market at Mechelen, Belgium, Paper Negative-Camera, National Science and Media Museum, LL/131854
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
William Crookes, n.d., Normal' Interference or Polarisation Pattern on Nitre, Photomicrograph, National Science and Media Museum, LL/83523
Anna Atkins, 1853, Aspidium denticulatum, [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)], Cyanotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41704
Henry Fox Talbot, 1850 (ca), Laocoon and his sons, Print from calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41812
Henry Fox Talbot, 1840, 28 November, Detail of books at Lacock Abbey, Salt print, from calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/62645
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843 (taken) 2018 (digital composite), North aisle of the Louvre, Paris / North half of the Tuileries, Paris, Digital positive, from two calotype negatives, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82878
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Photomicrograph of a section of a plant stem as viewed in a solar microscope, Salted Paper Print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82190
John Furley Lewis (1867-1939), 1908, Rudolf Dührkoop, Paper photograph, National Science and Media Museum, LL/51615
Julia Margaret Cameron, 1873, Miss Philpott or Mary (May) Hillier, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/52854
Nick Hedges, 1971, July, "It's disgusting and appalling. The Housing Minister (Peter Walker) came round here and said it wasn't fit for human habitation, and I'm still here." Mrs Chichockjy, Liverpool 8, [Make Life Worth Living: Photographs for Shelter, 1969-72], Gelatin silver print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/55616
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
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Hôtel de Ville, Paris, Paper Negative, waxed, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82161
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 24 April, about 3 pm, Paestum, General View from the South East, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76001
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1910 (ca), Postcard with real hair, Photograph with hair, National Science and Media Museum, LL/7152
1853, 28 July (given as a gift), A red velvet covered toiletry box with daguerreotype in the lid, Toiletry box, National Science and Media Museum, LL/77115
John Burke, 1878-1879, His Highness Shere Ali Khan, Amir of Afghanistan, National Science and Media Museum, LL/6846
Unidentified photographer, 1882, 6 December, Tombs of English killed at Tel-el-Kebir near the station [Egypt], Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/42469
Unidentified photographer, 1850 (ca), Portrait of a young girl being held still by a woman, Daguerreotype, hand-coloured, National Science and Media Museum, LL/50411
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
Constance Talbot, n.d., Photographic Typesetting of Thomas Moore's ‘The Last Rose of Summer', Salt print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/90841
William Crookes, n.d., ‘Abnormal' Interference or Polarisation Pattern on Calcite Spar, Photomicrograph, National Science and Media Museum, LL/83522
Calvert Richard Jones, n.d., 20. House of Tragic Poet, Pompeii, 2nd series, Salted Paper Print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82219
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Boulevards of Paris, Paper Negative, waxed, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82151
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843, 14 June, XII. The Bridge of Orleans., Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/87017
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 24 April, about 4 pm, Paestum, General View from the top of a shed near the [so called] Porta del Mare, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76005
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
Unidentified photographer, 1855 (ca), Frederick Scott Archer, Collodion positive process / ambrotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/51613
George Davison, 1899, Reflections, Weston-on-the-Green, Photogravure, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41831
Julia Margaret Cameron, 1872, Return from School (Lionel and Henry Holland), Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/52850
Roger Fenton, 1854 (ca), Richmond Castle [North Yorkshire], Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41683
Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton, 1892, Negative Discharge, Photograph, National Science and Media Museum, LL/58665
Calvert Richard Jones, 1846, 1 January (taken), Palm Tree near Valetta, 2nd View, Salted Paper Print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82181
Unidentified photographer, 1845, 10 February, Julia Margaret Cameron, at age 30, with her daughter Julia Hay Cameron, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/125509
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, March, Rome: Temple of Faustina and Antonimus (from South East) now the Church of San Lorenzo in Miranda, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/75994
Zoltan Glass, 1932 (ca), Man falling off a motorcycle, Black and white photograph, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45221
Unidentified photographer, 1850 (ca), Portrait of two men, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/50412
Anna Atkins, 1853, Ceylon, [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)], Cyanotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41712
Marquis de Bassano, possibly with Nicolaas Henneman and/or William Henry Fox Talbot, 1843, Summer (?), Bust of Minerva, Calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/80240
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, 11 June, 7.25 - 7.37 am, Rome, The East side of the Triumphal Arch of Septimius Severus, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76015
Roger Fenton, 1856 (ca), Prince Arthur William Patrick, Duke of Connaught, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41693
Unknown artist, 1810 (ca), Silhouette of child, Silhouette, National Science and Media Museum, LL/42464
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
Eder & Valenta, 1896, X-ray. Cameos in gold settings, X-ray, National Science and Media Museum, LL/51624
William Gaskell Helsby, 1848, Three-quarter length portrait of a man with a short beard, right elbow resting on a book which lies on a table covered with a decorative blue cloth, Daguerreotype, hand-tinted, National Science and Media Museum, LL/59127
Calvert Richard Jones / George Wilson Bridges, n.d., Palm Tree, Palermo, Paper Negative, camera, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82179
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Place du Carrousel and the Louvre, Paris, Salted Paper Print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82164
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 24 May, 3.44 - 4.9 pm, Naples: Palazzo Cirelli to Sta Lucia from the steps of the Church S. Maria alla Calena, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76011
Roger Fenton, 1854, York Minster from Lendal, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41688
Hugh Welch Diamond, 1855 (ca), Portrait of a patient at the Surrey County Asylum [Springfield near Wandsworth, England], Salt print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41839
Calvert Richard Jones, n.d., 15. Tympanium Table & Wine Cooler, Pompeii, 2nd series, Salted Paper Print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82217
Roger Fenton, 1852, Cottage on the Heights of Kief, above the Dnieper, Salt print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41676
Henry Fox Talbot, 1845 (ca), Bust of Patroclus, [The Pencil of Nature], Photograph, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41813
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, 1827 (ca), Christ Carrying his Cross, Heliograph on pewter, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45990
William Friese-Greene, 1892 (ca), George Davison. (Hon. Secretary of the Camera Club.), Woodburytype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/51606
Unidentified photographer, 1846, 7 February (before), M. Claudet & Mension [sic] with a Palette, Calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/75835
F.W. Baker and Co, n.d., View of Akbar's tomb (at Sikandra, a suburb of Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India), Daguerreotype, stereo, National Science and Media Museum, LL/98945
Roger Fenton, 1855, The Railway Yard, Balaklava, Crimea, Salt print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/53602
Oscar Gustave Rejlander, 1857 (ca), Artist's Study, Photographic print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41765
William R. Bland (1851-1929), 1900 (ca), Portrait of Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, Photograph, National Science and Media Museum, LL/51583
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., The Royal Exchange, London, Paper Negative - Camera, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82196
Richard Beard, 1842-1843, Jabez Hogg and Mr. Johnson, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/50405
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 22 May, 11.14 - 11.28 am, No 1. Naples, panoramic View from the West window of the third floor of No. 233 Riviera di Chiaja. To the right, Lady Strachan's and next the British Embassy., Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/75967
Roger Fenton, 1852, View from Ivan's Tower, Moscow, Salt print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41678
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., The Martyr's Monument, Calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/70768
Julia Margaret Cameron, 1865, Study of Prospero - Henry Taylor, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41783
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 24 April, Paestum, The Great Temple, called also the Temple of Neptune, from the South West, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76031
Henry Fox Talbot, 1833, 5 October, Sketch of Lake Como, Drawing, made with a camera lucida, National Science and Media Museum, LL/42983
Henry Fox Talbot, 1841, June, River Thames in London, from Talbot's Cecil Street flat, Salt print, from calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/64149
Henry Fox Talbot, 1844, 1 October, 23. Melrose Abbey, Waxed paper negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/73198
A. Beer, 1855 (ca), The Fisherman's Daughter, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41781
Hugh Welch Diamond, 1855 (ca), Portrait of a patient from Surrey County Asylum, Salt print, from calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/51639
Calvert Richard Jones, 1846, Capuchin Friars, Valetta, Malta, Paper negative, with applied media, National Science and Media Museum, LL/54212
Henry Fox Talbot, 1846, August (taken), Copy of a hieroglyphic tablet at Ibrim, Paper Negative, contact, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82166
Hugh Welch Diamond, 1855 (ca), Portrait of a patient from Surrey County Asylum, Salt print, from calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/51638
Henry Fox Talbot, 1845 (published), Sir Walter Scott's Favourite Dog, Maida, [Sun Pictures in Scotland], Salt print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/43249
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., A leafless sycamore tree in winter, one minute exposure, Salted Paper Print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82185
Unidentified photographer, 1856, July, Members of the Photographic Society, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/51588
Roger Fenton, 1852, St Saviour's Monastery, Moscow, Salt print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/53598
Oscar Gustave Rejlander, 1872 (publication), Sneering and Defiance, [The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals], Book plate, National Science and Media Museum, LL/43241
Nicolaas Henneman, 1840s (mid), Copy of an Ackermann's Colour Chart, Calotype negative / Digital print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76899
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Lincoln's Inn New Hall and Library, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, Salted Paper Print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82198
J. R.H. Weaver, 1915 (ca), Frederick H. Evans, Platinum process / platinotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/51618
Henry Fox Talbot, 1846, August (taken), Copy of a hieroglyphic tablet at Ibrim, Salted Paper Print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82167
John Adams Whipple and George Phillips Bond, 1851, The Moon, Daguerreotype, in case, National Science and Media Museum, LL/100939
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., The Louvre, Paris, Paper Negative, waxed, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82153
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Boulevards of Paris, Paper Negative, waxed, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82154
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., All Souls College Chapel, Oxford, Paper negative, camera, National Science and Media Museum, LL/84272
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., A leafless sycamore tree in winter, one minute exposure, Paper Negative, camera, waxed, spotted, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82186
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 22 May, 12.48 - 1.3 pm, Naples, View from the North Window of the third floor of No 233, Riveria di Chiaga, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76027
Nick Hedges, 1970, August, Kitchen of slum house, Birmingham Duddleston, [Make Life Worth Living: Photographs for Shelter, 1969-72], Gelatin silver print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/55617
Zoltan Glass, 1933 (ca), Man with sign lettering, Black and white photograph, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45223
Anna Atkins, 1853, Jamaica, [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)], Cyanotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41703
J. Paul, 1850 (ca), Portrait of a child, Daguerreotype, hand-coloured, National Science and Media Museum, LL/50408
Henry Fox Talbot, 1851 (ca), Photomicrograph of interference patterns - study of polarized light through crystals, Albumenized paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45412
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Portrait of a man seated at a table, holding a book, Calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/85122
Roger Fenton, 1860, Roger Fenton in volunteers uniform, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41674
Unidentified creator, n.d., A dog jumping through a hoop, Magic lantern slide, National Science and Media Museum, LL/43248
Henry Peach Robinson, 1886-1887, Sketch for "Carrolling", Pencil on paper, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45970
Julia Margaret Cameron, 1874, Venus chiding Cupid and removing his wings: One of the Angel Series, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/52843
Oscar Gustave Rejlander, 1872 (publication), Contempt, [The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals], Book plate, National Science and Media Museum, LL/43240
Unknown maker / photographer, 1864 (ca), Portrait of Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren, Albumen print, in gilt locket, National Science and Media Museum, LL/64131
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843, Hotel Canterbury, Rue de la Paix, Paris, Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82147
Anna Atkins, 1851, Title page of "Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns", Cyanotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/43269
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
Hugh Welch Diamond, 1855 (ca), Portrait of a patient from Surrey County Asylum, Salt print, from calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/51637
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 25 May, Naples, View from the little Mole in the Villa Reale, looking East, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/75968
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Tumbled Books on Two Shelves, Calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/78336
Roger Fenton, 1857, Ely Cathedral from the Grammar School, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41687
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Lace, Calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/85131
Calvert Richard Jones, n.d., 6. Maltese Boat Ashore, Calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/85127
Henry Fox Talbot, 1851 (ca), Photomicrograph of a crystal - study of polarized light, Albumenized paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45411
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
Hugh Welch Diamond, 1855 (ca), Portrait of a patient from Surrey County Asylum, Salt print, from calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/51630
Oscar Gustave Rejlander, 1872 (publication), Expression of Joy, [The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals], Book plate, National Science and Media Museum, LL/43242
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
Anna Atkins, 1853, British Ferns, [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)], Cyanotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41710
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843, View of the Boulevards at Paris, Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82145
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 19 July, 11.17 -11.32 am, Venice, View on the Grand Canal, extending from Palazzo Foscari on the right to Pal. Rezzonico on the left, from the Traghetto di la Fama, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/75992
Roger Fenton, 1855, Balaklava from Guard's Hill, Crimea, Salt print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/53599
Calvert Richard Jones, n.d., 17. Arch leading to Forum, Pompeii, 2nd series, Salted Paper Print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82218
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., The Pantheon, Paris, Paper Negative, waxed, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82158
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Photomicrograph of a section of a plant stem as viewed in a solar microscope, Paper Negative, camera, waxed, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82192
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Boulevards of Paris, Paper Negative, waxed, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82152
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., The Louvre, Paris, Paper Negative, waxed, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82159
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 25 June, 2.57 - 3.3 pm, Pisa. General View of the Piazza del Duomo, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/75996
Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, 1928 (ca), Self portrait of Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, Platinum print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/51582
   

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