
The Golden Age of British Photography, 1839-1900
October 27, 1984 - January 6, 1985

The Golden Age of British Photography, 1839-1900
October 27, 1984 - January 6, 1985
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
, 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
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
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