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Henry Peach Robinson 
Fading Away 
1858 
  
Albumen print 
National Science and Media Museum 
The Royal Photographic Society Collection, Purchased with the assistance of The Art Fund 
  
 
LL/45917 
  
This photograph was included in the exhibition The Pre-Raphelite Lens: British Photography and Painting, 1848-1875 at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (October 31, 2010 - January 30, 2011)
 
Robinson, who had initially trained as a painter, was known for combining multiple negatives to create complex compositions. This photograph provoked controversy when first exhibited: though praised for conveying the family's anxiety as the consumptive child lies dying, it was also criticized for making such an upsetting subject seem too realistic. 
 

 
  
 
  
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