She found an inspiration for this book in Victorian photographs, both those of Crimean battlefields by Roger Fenton
, and one of a young girl by Julia Margaret Cameron
. She had seen the Cameron...
Timeline
1847: The Calotype Club was founded to practice...
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1847
The Calotype Club
was founded to practice and promote Talbot
's method of photography.
1854: Queen Victoria sat for the first photographic...
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1854
Queen Victoria
sat for the first photographic portraits of the royal family, taken by Roger Fenton
.
1855: Photographer Roger Fenton documented the...
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1855
Photographer Roger Fenton
documented the Crimean War.