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The Royal Photographic Society

The V&A has 22 works related to The Royal Photographic Society.

Made between 1849 and 2050, these objects form part of the Department of Photography. We hold work made from photographic paper, paper and paper. Related makers include Time Incorporated and Life Magazine.

objects are on display at V&A South Kensington

objects in the V&A collections

Associated

Coburn, Alvin Langdon

Time Incorporated

Life Magazine

From the collections

22 objects made by The Royal Photographic Society

Installation view, the Royal Photographic Society, Bath, photograph, commissioned by The Royal Photographic Society, ca. 1980-2003
Royal Photographic Society: Printing-out Paper Specimen, Photograph, commissioned by The Royal Photographic Society, ca. 1900
Royal Photographic Society: Bromide Paper Sample Chart, Photograph, commissioned by The Royal Photographic Society, ca. 1930
C. P. Snow at home, photograph, 1961
Eucalyptus Trees, photograph, by Coburn, Alvin Langdon, 1911
Huye, after the Tet Offensive, photograph, 1968
Operation Prairie, South Vietnam, wounded GI, photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1966
Attacking phantom fires. Rockets at enemy village, photograph, Burrows, Larry, ca. 1960s
Part of unfinished essay on misery of city, Calcutta, photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1969
Part of unfinished essay on misery of city, Calcutta, photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1971
11 year old Nguyen Thi Tron waiting to be fitted with an artificial leg, photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1967
Field of Death, photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1963
Indian Troops in the Himalayas, Sino-Indian Conflict, photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1962
Princess Helena and Louise. Children of Queen Victoria, photograph, Fenton, Roger, ca. 1854
Valley of the Ribble and Pendle Hill, photograph, Fenton, Roger, 1859
A Vista. Furness Abbey, photograph, Fenton, Roger, 1860
Field of Death, photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1963
Four Marines recover the body of a fifth as their company comes under fire near Hill 484, Vietnam, photograph, Burrows, Larry, October 1966
Valley in the Shadow of Death, photograph, Fenton, Roger, 1855
Julia Margaret Cameron, photograph, Cameron, Henry Herschel Hay (Hugh), ca. late 20th century to early 21st century
Experimental Woodburytype, 'Woman Kneeling over Chair with Box and Beads', Photograph, The Royal Photographic Society, ca. 1896
A Group of Kalutara Peasants, photograph, Cameron, Julia Margaret, ca. late 20th century to early 21st century