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Exhibition

The Golden Age of British Photography, 1839-1900

October 27, 1984–January 6, 1985

The Golden Age of British Photography, 1839-1900 features 240 extraordinary 19th-century photographs, many of them newly discovered and previously unexhibited, by such photographers as William Henry Fox Talbot, Roger Fenton, John Murray, Oscar G. Rejlander, and Julia Margaret Cameron. One of the most significant historic exhibitions since the Museum's 1969 French Primitive Photography, it evoked the aspirations of the Victorian period, with its trust in technology and invention epitomized by the new photographic processes.

Organizers

Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Philadelphia Museum of Art

Itinerary

Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Sponsors

Supported by grants from The Pew Memorial Trust, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Curators

Michael E. Hoffman
Martha Chahroudi

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