Royal Photographic Society
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The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, commonly known as the Royal Photographic Society (RPS), is one of the world's oldest photographic societies. It was founded in London, England, in 1853 as the Photographic Society of London with the objective of promoting the art and science of photography, and in 1853 received royal patronage from Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Royal Photographic Society
Charles Thurston Thompson: Exhibition of the Photographic Society, London, 1858
J. Dudley Johnston (photo by Franz Ziegler, 1929)
Roger Fenton
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Roger Fenton was a British photographer, noted as one of the first war photographers.
Fenton, Self-portrait
Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and royal children at Buckingham Palace, 1854
Marcus Sparling seated on Fenton's photographic van, Crimea, 1855.
A French vivandiere (cantinière) wearing Zouave regimental dress, during the Crimean War in 1855.