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Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Leaf of a plant (carrot family), Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/84539
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
Nick Hedges, 1969, June, Children living in substandard property, Birmingham Balsall Heath, [Make Life Worth Living: Photographs for Shelter, 1969-72], Gelatin silver print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/55613
Henry Fox Talbot, 1840, 24 September, Lacock Abbey roofline - 3 minute cloudy - Sept 1840, Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/73208
Robert Demachy, 1906, Figure Study from an Etched Negative, Gum bichromate print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45213
William Gaskell Helsby, 1848, Daguerreotype case for W.G. Helsby, Retratista, Valparaiso, Daguerreotype, case, National Science and Media Museum, LL/59128
Henry Fox Talbot, 1852-1858, Crossed Muslin, Photographic engraving from a metal plate, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45216
Henry Fox Talbot, 1844, 1 October, Melrose Abbey, Waxed paper negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/73186
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1910 (ca), Postcard with real hair, Photograph with hair, National Science and Media Museum, LL/7152
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 25 May, 5.47 - 6 pm, Naples, View from the second floor, South Window of Riveria di Chiaja No 57, looking East, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76024
Roger Fenton, 1852, View from Ivan's Tower, Moscow, Salt print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41678
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Photomicrograph of four diatoms, Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/83521
Frederick William Bond (1887-1942), 1930, Contents of an Ostrich's Stomach, Gelatin silver print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41782
Anna Atkins, 1853, Asplenium ruta muraria, [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)], Cyanotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41706
John Adams Whipple and George Phillips Bond, 1851, The Moon, Daguerreotype, in case, National Science and Media Museum, LL/100940
Unidentified photographer (British), 1954, New Blanket Provides Protection Against Radiation, Gelatin silver print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/54293
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Notes & transcript of a letter relating to hieroglyphics, Paper Negative, contact, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82169
Julia Margaret Cameron, 1873, Miss Philpott or Mary (May) Hillier, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/52854
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
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Place Vendome, Paris, Paper Negative, waxed, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82160
George Davison, 1899, Reflections, Weston-on-the-Green, Photogravure, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45197
Fannie Coburn, 1910 m(ca), A.L. Coburn, Bromide, National Science and Media Museum, LL/51611
Anna Atkins, 1853, British Ferns, [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)], Cyanotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41710
Unidentified photographer, 1936, October, Jarrow Marchers en route to London, Gelatin silver print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/43244
Southworth & Hawes, 1850, 24 May, Hawaiian Princes, Alexander Liholiho & Lot Kamahameeaha and G. Parmele Judd, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/50407
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
Helen Messinger Murdoch, 1914, Bishareen children, Aswan, Egypt, Autochrome, National Science and Media Museum, LL/84941
Frank Hurley, 1914-1918, Moving up a division of Australian troops. Reninghelst. 2nd Division, Gelatin silver print, toned (?), National Science and Media Museum, LL/39434
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Photomicrograph, probably a cross-section of a plant stem, Calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/85128
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Place du Carrousel and the Louvre, Paris, Salted Paper Print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82164
Rufus P. Anson, 1860 (ca), Portrait of a young woman, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/50409
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
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 19 July, 9.42- 10.2 am, Venice, view of the Island of S. Giorgio Maggiore, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/75984
Unidentified photographer, 1860 (ca), Baker's Boy, Ambrotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/50398
Unknown maker / photographer, 1864 (ca), Portrait of Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren, Albumen print, in gilt locket, National Science and Media Museum, LL/64132
John Burke, 1878-1879, His Highness Shere Ali Khan, Amir of Afghanistan, National Science and Media Museum, LL/6846
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 12 May, Pompeii, The Forum from the Southern extremity. In the distance [scarcely visible] Vesuvius, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/75971
Linnaeus Tripe, 1857, December - 1858, January, Beekinpully: Permaul's Swing at Mariammah Covil, Waxed paper negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/59094
Julia Margaret Cameron, 1868, Déjatch Alamayou and Basha Félika. Son and heir of King Theodore of Abyssinia and Captain Tristram Speedy, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41792
Thomas Annan, 1868, Close, No 46 Saltmarket, Photographic print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45217
Anna Atkins, 1853, Aspidium, [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)], Cyanotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41709
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
Frederick Pickersgill (British, 1820-1900), 1859, Sunshine and Shade, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45915
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., The Milliner's Window, Calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/85129
Hugh Welch Diamond, 1855 (ca), Portrait of a patient from Surrey County Asylum, no. 1, Salt print, from calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/51627
Charles Piazzi Smyth, 1865, Entrance to the Great Pyramid of Giza, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/73184
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
Gertrude Käsebier, 1904, The Magic Crystal - The Crystal Gazer, Platinum print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45210
Constance Talbot, n.d., Photographic Typesetting of Thomas Moore's ‘The Last Rose of Summer', Salt print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/90841
Unidentified photographer, 1860 (ca), Group of young boys, Ambrotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/50400
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Hôtel de Ville, Paris, Paper Negative, waxed, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82161
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., The Royal Exchange, London, Paper Negative - Camera, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82196
Alvin Langdon Coburn, 1918, George Davison, Photograph, National Science and Media Museum, LL/53603
Henry Fox Talbot, 1845 (published), Lace, Photogenic drawing negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/70939
Henry Fox Talbot, 1844, 1 October, 23. Melrose Abbey, Waxed paper negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/73198
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Photomicrograph of a botanical specimen, air fern (Sertularia), Waxed paper negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/83519
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, 1844, 1 April, XIV. The Ladder, Waxed paper negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/73200
Anna Atkins, 1853, Asplenium septentrionale, [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)], Cyanotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41701
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
Roger Fenton, 1857, Ely Cathedral from the Grammar School, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41687
Unidentified photographer, 1860 (ca), Portrait of a young woman, Ambrotype, hand-coloured, National Science and Media Museum, LL/50401
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., An ash tree in Ugbrooke Park, Devon, Salted Paper Print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82183
Anna Atkins, 1853, Jamaica, [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)], Cyanotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41703
Zoltan Glass, 1932 (ca), Man falling off a motorcycle, Black and white photograph, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45221
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
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Rosamond, Ela and Matilda Talbot, against a backdrop in the Cloisters at Lacock Abbey, Calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/85123
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 21 April, Pompeii, The East side of the Street of Tombs, from one of the upper rooms in the ancient inn. In the distance is the modern town of Torre dell'Annunziata, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76020
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 22 May, 11.39 - 11.59 am, Naples, panoramic view from the west, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/75976
Roger Fenton, 1855, The Princess Royal and Princess Alice, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41695
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
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
Achille Morelli, 1841, June, Aracoeli from the Capitol Tower (Aracoeli dalla Torre del Campidoglio), Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82276
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 4 May, between 3 & 4 pm, Paestum, The Basilica from the South West., Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/75989
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 24 April, Paestum, The Interior of the Basilica from the South West angle, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/75969
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1920-1927 (ca), Mary von Rosen, Photograph Album, Photograph album, National Science and Media Museum, LL/7151
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, 1839, Coat of arms, taken ‘from old painted glass', Photogenic drawing negative and salted paper print (digitally enhanced), National Science and Media Museum, LL/72733
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., A man at the lodge gateway to a country estate, Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/87019
Lewis Carroll, 1876, Xie (Alexandra) Kitchin playing a violin, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41843
Linnaeus Tripe, 1857, Vizigapatam work in ivory, buffalo and elk, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41857
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., St. Helen's Church, St. Helen's Square, York, Waxed paper negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/87011
Unidentified photographer, 1860 (ca), Roger Fenton, Collotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/51604
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Boulevards of Paris, Paper Negative, waxed, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82151
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 11 June, 3.23 - 3.35 pm, Rome. Remains of Temple of Faustina and Antoninus (South side), Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76016
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
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843, Hotel de la Paix and Maison Lucy Hocquet, Rue de la Paix, Paris, Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82148
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
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 25 June, 5.30 - 5.40 pm, Pisa. The Cathedral, from the North West, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76025
John R.H. Weaver, 1915 (ca), Frederick H. Evans, Platinum print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/51605
Hugh Welch Diamond, 1855 (ca), Portrait of a patient from Surrey County Asylum, Salt print, from calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/51633
Unidentified photographer, 1882, 6 December, Dead soldier at Tel-el-Kebir [Egypt], Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/42468
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
John Adams Whipple and George Phillips Bond, 1851, The Moon, Daguerreotype, in case, National Science and Media Museum, LL/100938
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 24 April, about 3 pm, Paestum, General View from the South East, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76001
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, March, Rome, Piazza del Popolo from San Maria di Miracoli, in the centre the obelisk, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/75993
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Statuette of Ariadne and the Panther, after Heinrich Dannecker, Calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/84012
Henry Fox Talbot, 1840, Portrait of Talbot's wife, Constance, Salt print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41810
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, 1827 (ca), Christ Carrying his Cross, Heliograph on pewter, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45990
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843, 4 September (probably), Part of Queen's College, Oxford, Salt print, from calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/67135
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, February, Landscape view of the Forum in Rome from the Senator's Walk, West End, looking West., Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76002
Henry Fox Talbot, 1845 (ca), Portrait of young woman with dog, Photoglyphic engraving, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41811
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 4 June, 8.15 - 8.27 am, Rome, the Temple of Minerva Medica, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/75973
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., The Louvre, Paris, Paper Negative, waxed, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82153
Henry Fox Talbot, 1839, 16 August, South front of Lacock Abbey with Sharington's Tower, Photogenic drawing negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76405
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., The Pantheon, Paris, Paper Negative, waxed, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82157
Zoltan Glass, 1935, Audi racing car, Black and white photograph, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45225
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 5 June, Rome: Piazza di Monte Cavallo, from the Quirinal Palace, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/75986
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
Henry Fox Talbot, 1841, 19 April, Urn on tabletop, possibly made of milk glass, Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/74681
William Crookes, n.d., Normal' Interference or Polarisation Pattern on Nitre, Photomicrograph, National Science and Media Museum, LL/83523
Marquis de Bassano, 1843, 2 July, Place de la Concorde, Calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/80239
Julia Margaret Cameron, 1872, Venus Chiding Cupid and Removing His Wings, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41788
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Nicolaas Henneman seated with a fascicle of, The Pencil of Nature, Calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/85121
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
Hugh Welch Diamond, 1855 (ca), Portrait of a patient from Surrey County Asylum, no. 3, Salt print, from calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/51628
Anna Atkins, 1851, Title page of "Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns", Cyanotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/43269
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, Rome. View from the Pavillion in the Orti Farnesi on the Palace of the Caesars, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/122442
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843, Hotel Canterbury, Rue de la Paix, Paris, Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82147
Anna Atkins, 1853, Lastrea feonisecii, [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)], Cyanotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41700
J. Paul, 1850 (ca), Portrait of a child, Daguerreotype, hand-coloured, National Science and Media Museum, LL/50408
Roger Fenton, 1854, 1 March - , 31 July, Assyrian Cuneiform clay tablet, Salted Paper Printm from a calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/85144
Henry Stevens (1843-1925), 1899 (ca), The Good Companions, Carbon print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41853
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
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
Lehnert & Landrock, 1925 (ca), Karnak - The Amon Temple, Collotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/39427
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 9 June, 8.29 - 8.41 am, Rome: View from the Pincio, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76018
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Main Gate of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/85119
Calvert Richard Jones, n.d., The Market at Mechelen, Belgium, Paper Negative-Camera, National Science and Media Museum, LL/131854
George Davison, 1890, The Onion Field, Mersea Island, Essex, Photogravure, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41836
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
Zoltan Glass, 1931 (ca), Racing car driver reading a newspaper, Black and white photograph, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45222
Unidentified photographer, 1865 (ca), Family in a boat, Ambrotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/50403
Henry Fox Talbot, 1840 (ca), Photomicrograph of Moth Wings, Calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/36343
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Wings of a Lantern Fly as viewed in a solar microscope, Paper Negative, camera, waxed, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82191
H. Béchard, 1880 (ca), Le Sphinx Armachis, Caire [The Sphinx Armachis, Cairo], Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/39426
Henry Fox Talbot, 1838, 13 December, Flowers and stem, Photogenic drawing, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41808
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 21 July, Venice, West Side of the Palazzo Ducale, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/75990
Henry Fox Talbot, 1844, 1 April, VI. The Open Door [wide shadow], Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/73206
Henry Fox Talbot, 1846, August (taken), Copy of a hieroglyphic tablet at Ibrim, Paper Negative, contact, National Science and Media Museum, LL/82166
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
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 20 July, 4.17 - 4.30 pm, Venice, view of the Basilica of San Marco, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76006
Calvert Richard Jones, 1846, 1 January, 67. Colosseum Rome, 2nd view, Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/73202
John Thomson, 1877, London Cabmen, [Street Life in London], Woodburytype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41803
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
Alexander John Ellis, 1841, 4 May, about 3 pm, Paestum, General View from the summit of the walls near the [so called] Porta del Mare, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/76023
Roger Fenton, 1856, Highland Gillies at Balmoral, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41697
Henry Fox Talbot, 1839, 1 January, Photomicrograph of Lace, Salted paper print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/73194
Henry Peach Robinson, 1862, Elaine Watching the Shield of Lancelot, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45910
Arthur E. Durham, 1863-1864, Photomicrograph of a Flea, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/36346
Lewis Carroll, 1876 (ca), Xie (Alexandra Rhoda) Kitchin, Albumen print, National Science and Media Museum, LL/41840
Henry Fox Talbot, n.d., Lace, Calotype negative, National Science and Media Museum, LL/85131
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, 1826, Un Clair de Lune - Moonlight, Pewter plate with resin of lavender oil, National Science and Media Museum, LL/45228
   

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