Victoria and Albert Museum - Royal Photographic Society

Eagle in Flight, photo Eadweard Muybridge. US, 1887

Interior rue de Romainville, photo Eugene Atget. Paris, France, early 20th century

Batsman, photo Eadweard Muybridge. US, 1887

Maori woman. New Zealand, 19th century

The sign of the Dog's Head in the Pot, photo Rev. J.K. Dixon. London, England, early 20th century

Polar Star. France, early 20th century

The Southern Cross. France, early 20th century

The Balance. France, early 20th century

The Lyre. France, early 20th century

Child and Mother, photo Eadweard Muybridge. France, 1887

Man ascending and descending incline, photo Eadweard Muybridge. France, 1887

The Sherbet Seller, from Femmes d'Orient. 19th century

Muslim Woman with Pitcher, from Femmes d'Orient. 19th century

Line After Line of Washing, photo Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles. Blankenberge, Belgium, early 20th century

Two Lines of Washing, photo Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles. Blankenberge, Belgium, early 20th century

Bathroom at Riposo, photo Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles. Hastings, England, early 20th century

In Frying Pan with Eggs, photo Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles. Rome, Italy, early 20th century

Constantinople building, photo James Robertson. Istanbul, Turkey, 1855

Constantinople architecture, photo James Robertson. Istanbul, Turkey, 1855

Imperial Gate of Serglio and corner of fountain of St Sophia, photo James Robertson. Istanbul, Turkey, 1855

Mosque of Suleiman, photo James Robertson. Istanbul, Turkey, 1855

Constantinople, photo James Robertson. Istanbul, Turkey, 1855

Constantinople building, photo James Robertson. Istanbul, Turkey, 1855

Constantinople architecture, photo James Robertson. Istanbul, Turkey, 1855

Constantinople architecture, photo James Robertson. Istanbul, Turkey, 1856

The gate of the Agora, photo James Robertson. Athens, Greece, 1853

Photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, 'Alfred Tennyson' ('The Dirty Monk'), albumen print, May 1865

Kiss of Peace, photo Julia Margaret Cameron. Isle of Wight, England, 1869

Photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, 'Prayer' (sitter Florence Anson), carbon print, 1872

Photograph by Oscar Gustav Rejlander, 'The Head of John the Baptist on a Charger', albumen print, 1857

X-Ray photograph of a foot in a shoe, photo Ernest Payne. Late 19th century

Folding camera, A.E Staley and Co, used by Herbert George Ponting on 1910 British Antarctic Expedition, ca. 1910.

Photograph by Francis James Mortimer, 'Alvin Langdon Coburn at the Opening of His One-Man Exhibition at the Royal Photographic Society, London', 1906

Photograph by Antoine Claudet, Portrait of Michael Faraday, gold toned daguerreotype, 1848.

Lucia (sitter Mary Hillier), photo Julia Margaret Cameron. England, mid-19th century

Photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, 'Philip Stanhope Worsley', albumen print, 1866

Photograph by Roger Fenton, 'Princess Helena and Louise. Children of Queen Victoria', calotype print, ca. 1854

Royal Family, photo Roger Fenton. London, England, 1854

Prince Consort, photo Roger Fenton. Mid-19th century

Royal Family, photo Roger Fenton. London, England, 1854

Portrait of the Queen, photo Charles Clifford. Windsor Castle, England, 1861

Self-portrait, photo Samuel Bourne. India, 1864

Untitled, Study from Life, photo Lady Clementina Hawarden. Britain, c.1863-64

Margot Fonteyn as Princess Aurora in Marius Petipa's ballet The Sleeping Beauty, photo Houston Rogers. London, UK, c.1960

The Infant Bridal, photo Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879). Albumen print from wet collodion glass negative. Isle of Wight, Britain, 1864.

Photograph by Hill & Adamson, 'Henning of Paisley, Sculptor and Miss Sophy Finlay, Miss Mary Watson, Miss Francis, Mrs. Orr' 1843-48, salted paper pri...

Sadness, photo Julia Margaret Cameron. England, 1864

Single heavily veined leaf - tri lobe, photo William Henry Fox Talbot. Great Britain, mid-19th century

Face of Christ superimposed over an oak leaf, photo Johann Carl Enslen. 1839

Photograph by Roger Fenton, 'Interior Oxford College', albumen print, taken around 1859