Cantinière [woman attached to a military regiment], by Roger Fenton, 1855 © Wilson Centre for Photography


Base of the Obelisk, by James Robertson, c1854 © Wilson Centre for Photography

Mother and Son, by Jean-Baptiste Frenet, 1855 © Wilson Centre for Photography

Fruit Seller, by George Kendall Warren, 1860 © Wilson Centre for Photography

The Fruitsellers, by Calvert Jones, 1843 © Wilson Centre for Photography

Elizabeth Rigby, later Lady Eastlake, with Cupid Statuette, by Hill & Adamson, c1845 © Wilson Centre for Photography

Newhaven fishermen, by Hill and Adamson, 1844 © Wilson Centre for Photography

William Morton, One of Dr. Kanes’s Men, by John S. Johnston, c1857 © Wilson Centre for Photography


Salt and Silver: Early Photography 1840–1860 is on show at Tate Britain, London from 25 February–7 June 2015. Find out more at www.tate.org.uk