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'Iago - study from an Italian'

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1867

Inmate at a loom

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1871

Photographs albumen prints, by Clementina Lady Hawarden

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c. 1862

Arctic Highlanders, Cape York, Greenland (Bow of Discovery)

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1875-1876

Inmates sharpening tools

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1871

Cassiopea

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1866

Hans (Polaris ice-drift) and family

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1875-1876

La Contadina

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1866-06

Innuit family in Disco, Greenland

Photographs

1875-1876

Alfred Tennyson

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c 1869

Julia Jackson

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1865

Group of men, women and children, c 1877

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1872-1879

Half-length portrait of young woman from Ceylon (Sri Lanka), c 1877

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1872-1879

Disco, Greenland

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1875-1876

Natives of Disco, Greenland

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1875-1876

Large albumen print of Princess Alexandra, oil coloured. Embossed ' Coloured by Joseph Wilson Senr.' Shows Princess Alexandra, standing, 3/4 length. 44.5 x 60cm print on larger card mount with the remains of newspaper on the back of the mount, used for sealing. One paper carriers the date 1889.

Large albumen print of Princess Alexandra

Photographs

1884-1894

An albumen print portrait of two women from Ceylon (Sri Lanka), photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) in about 1877. The women are probably maidservants or plantation workers.

Portrait of Two Women Carrying Jars

Photographs

1875-1879

A photographic study entitled 'May - Study No 167' of Mary Emily 'May' Prinsep (1853-1931), taken by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) in October, 1870. In 1874, May Prinsep married Andrew Hichens (1833-1906), a prominent stockbroker. After his death she married Hallam Tennyson (1852-1928), the eldest son of Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892). Albumen print.

May - Study No 167

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1870-10

'Panoramic view, Senafo', albumen print by John Sergeant Harrold, mounted on paper. Taken during the Abyssinian Campaign, 1867-68. Image is composite of three separate prints aligned and re-photographed.

Panoramic View, Senafo

Photographs

1867-1868

'Panoramic view, Zoulla Camp', albumen print by John Sergeant Harrold, mounted on paper. Taken during the Abyssinian Campaign, 1867-68. Image is composite of three separate prints aligned and re-photographed.

Panoramic View, Zoulla Camp

Photographs

1867-1868

Albumen print by Captain Lewis, Pentonville Prison, 1871. A photograph of an inmate of Pentonville Prison, London, making shoes, taken by Captain Lewis in 1871. Around the prisoner are arranged the basic contents of his cell, a mattress, stool and table for books and other items. Propped at the back of the table is a list of rules and regulations for working in the prison.

Inmate making shoes

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1871

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows three members of the British Arctic Expedition out on the ice pack in Franklin Pierce Bay. They can be seen using a long pole to perhaps test the depth of the ice. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 20 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Franklin Pierce Bay, 79° 30’ N, no water northward

Photographs

1875-1876

Four albumen prints from 12" x 10" negatives taken to record experiments for the testing of Captain Henry Scott's patent cement. Photographs attributed to Francis Fowke.

Four prints recording testing of Captain Scott's patent cement

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1855-1865

Five sheets of photographic prints from waxed paper negatives on albumenized paper. Roger Fenton.

Five Sheets of Albumen Prints From Waxed Paper Negatives

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c. 1854

A photographic portrait of Mary Emily 'May' Prinsep (1853-1931), taken by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) in about 1869. In 1874, May Prinsep married Andrew Hichens (1833-1906), a prominent stockbroker. After his death she married Hallam Tennyson (1852-1928), the eldest son of Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892).

May Prinsep

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c 1869

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows the ice floe looking northward in Franklin Pierce Bay. Mountains pictured to the left. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 23 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Franklin Pierce Bay, 79° 30’ N. Open water northward

Photographs

1875-1876

Albumen print of the Wool Exchange, Bradford, published by Frith and Co, taken in about 1895. From a clothbound album of views of Bradford entitled 'Frith's Photo Pictures'.

The Wool Exchange, Bradford

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c 1895

Albumen print of Alice, Ina, Harry and Edith Liddell, photographed by by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), probably May or June 1860.

Alice, Ina, Harry and Edith Liddell

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1860

Albumen print of Ina Liddell, aged 20, seated, photographed by by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), 25 June 1870.

Ina Liddell, Seated

Photographs

1870-06-25

Albumen print [mounted] .Portrait of John Spiller in uniform, c. 1865.

Portrait of John Spiller in uniform

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1865

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows an small iceberg in Rawlins Bay, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 47 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Rawlins Bay, 80° 20’ N - small floe-bergs aground, low water

Photographs

1875-1876

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows the HMS Alert anchored near an ice floe in Dobbin Bay, Canada. Several crew members can be seen working to build a dock out of the ice. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 29 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N - "Alert" cutting into Dock

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1875-1876

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows cliffs and ice floes in Dobbin Bay, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 32 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N, Cape Prescott

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1875-1876

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows 'rubble ice' in the Robeson Channel, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 52 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Rubble ice late in Summer - Robeson Channel 82° 0’ N

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1875-1876

Three albumen prints mounted as a triptypch of the three Liddell sisters (Ina, Alice and Edith), photographed by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) between 1858 and 1860. The three prints are all oval in shape and mounted overlapped, except for the third which is cut to fit the curavature of the adjacent print. Ina is shown seated holding a doll, Alice seated beside a potted fern and Edith holding a hat, seated beside a vase of foxgloves. The girl's names are handwritten in pencil beneath the images.

Triptypch of The Three Liddell Sisters

Photographs

1858-1860

Albumen print by Julia Margaret Cameron, head of woman, Ceylon. Albumen portrait of a young woman from Ceylon, photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron in about 1877. The woman wears a white shawl. She is probably a plantation worker (estate 'coolie') employed on the Camerons' coffee plantation.

Young Woman, Ceylon, about 1877

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1872-1879

Albumen print from wet collodion negative entitled 'Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel' photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron, August 1872. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed in ink 'From life Fresh Water', with Colnaghi blindstamp on mount.

Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel

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1872-08

A photographic portrait entitled 'Lionel Holland' (1865-1936), taken by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) in about 1870. Lionel was the grandchld of Sir Henry Holand and the grand nephew of Thomas Macaulay. Albumen print.

Lionel Holland

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c 1870

A photographic study of Mary Ann Hillier (1847-1936) and Percy Seymour Keown (born 1864) entitled 'La Madonna Reposata - Resting In Hope', taken by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) in 1864. Albumen print.

La Madonna Reposata - Resting In Hope

Photographs

1864

Albumen print mounted on board. Seascape with solar effect by Gustave Le Gray. '6228' noted on verso.

Seascape with solar effect 2

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ca. 1857

Albumen prints by Lewis Carroll

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6 x 7 cm print in morocco case 8 x 9 1/cm. Gilt mask with bracket shaped edges, hand coloured portrait of seated man, elbow on table with up turned top hat. Red pattern plush lining.

albumen print portrait in case

Photographic Technology

A photographic portrait entitled 'Violet, of Annie Chinery Cameron (born about 1851), taken by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) in about 1869. Annie Chinery married Ewen Wrottesley Hay Cameron, Cameron's son, in 1869. Albumen print.

Violet

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c 1869

Photograph entitled 'Goodness' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1864. A photographic study of Mary Ann Hillier (1847-1936) and Alice Jessie Keown (born 1861). Albumen print or possible carbon print.

Goodness

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1864

Photographic portrait entitled 'The Angel at the Tomb (Miss Phillpot)' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron. Autotype print.

The Angel at the Tomb (Miss Phillpot)

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Albumen print of Edith, Ina and Alice Liddell on a sofa, photographed by by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), 1858.

Edith, Ina and Alice Liddell on Sofa

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1858

Albumen print by Lewis Carroll, portrait of Leila Campbell Taylor, mounted on cabinet card

Leila Campbell Taylor

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Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows the remains of an ice foot in Prayer Harbour, Cape Sabine, between Greenland and Ellesmere Island, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 13 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Payer Harbour, Cape Sabine - Remains of ice foot (78° 45’ N), 1st August 1875

Photographs

1875-1876

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows the HMS Alert sailing through an ice field in Cape Victoria, Franklin Strait, North West Passage. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 14 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Cape Victoria, Latt 79° 0’ N: "Alert" signalling "Discovery" 'Take care of iceberg'

Photographs

1875-1876

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image of two ships (HMS Discovery at right) sailing in a bay in Greenland. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 11 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Egedesminde, Greenland

Photographs

1875-1876