British
Photographic Exhibitions

 

Exhibitions

1839 to 1865

Below is a list of early photographic exhibitions. There were probably also others.  Please tell me if you are aware of any.

blue  = Edinburgh exhibitions.

Yellow = exhibitions staged by other photographic societies.

Please see also:  Dates photographic societies were established.

Aug - Sep 1839

Birmingham British Association [Talbot] *

Oct 1839

Edinburgh [Daguerreotypes - Howie]

Dec 1839 - Jan 1840

Edinburgh Arts Manufacturers *

Apr - Sep 1840

Newcastle Arts Manufacturers *

Feb - May 1841

Edinburgh Royal Scottish Academy *

1841

London Royal Polytechnic Institution *

Jun - Jul 1845

Cambridge British Association *

Apr? 1847 - 1848?

London Mayall [daguerreotypes] *

May - Oct 1851

London 'The Great Exhibition' *

Dec 1852 - Jan 1853

London [Royal] Society of Arts *

Dec 1853

Aberdeen Mechanics' Institution *

May - Nov 1853

Dublin 'International Exhibition' *

Apr - Dec 1853

London The Photographic Institution

1853-1854

[1st Tour] [Royal] Society of Arts *
included Stirling, Crieff, Aberdeen,

Mar? - Apr? 1854

Dundee Dundee Royal Infirmary Fund *

Jan - Feb 1854

London The Photographic Society *

1854

[2nd Tour - 1st set] [Royal] Society of Arts *

1854

[2nd Tour - 2nd set] [Royal] Society of Arts *
included Falkirk

Sep 1855 - ?

Glasgow British Association *

Jan - Mar 1855

London The Photographic Society *

Jan - Jun 1855

London The Photographic Institution *

1855-1856

[3rd Tour - 1st set] [Royal] Society of Arts *

1855-1856

[3rd Tour - 2nd set] [Royal] Society of Arts *

1855-1856

[Tour] [Crimean Photographs - Fenton] *

Jan - Mar 1856

London The Photographic Society *

Jun 1856 - ?

Yeovil Mutual Improvement Society *

Sep - Oct 1856

Manchester Manchester Photographic Society *

Nov 1856 - Feb 1857

Norwich 'Norwich Photographic Society *

Dec 1856 - Jan 1857

Edinburgh Art Manufactures

Dec 1856 - 1857

Edinburgh Photogrpahic Society of Scotland (1) *

Jan - Mar/Apr 1857

London The Photographic Society *

May - Oct 1857

Manchester 'Art Treasures' *

Sep 1857 - ?

Birmingham Birmingham Photographic Society *

Dec 1857?- Jan 1858?

Edinburgh Art Manufactures

Dec 1857 - 1858

Edinburgh Photogrpahic Society of Scotland (2)

Jan - Feb 1858

London Architectural Photographic Association (1) *

Dec 1858 - Feb 1859

Edinburgh Photographic Society of Scotland (3) *

Dec 1858 - Jan 1859

London Architectural Photographic Association (2) *

Feb - Mar 1858

London The Photographic Society *

Jan - May 1859

London The Photographic Society *

Apr-May 1859

Glasgow The Photographic Society *

Sep 1859

Aberdeen The British Association *

Dec 1859 - Mar 1860

Edinburgh Photogrpahic Society of Scotland (4)

Jan - Mar 1860

London The Photographic Society *

Jan - Mar 1861

London Architectural Photographic Association (4) *

Jan - Mar 1861

London The Photographic Society *

Feb - Apr 1861

Edinburgh Photogrpahic Society of Scotland (5)

1861

Edinburgh Edinburgh Photogrpahic Society (1)

Dec 1861 - Feb 1862

Edinburgh Photogrpahic Society of Scotland (6)

May - Nov 1862

London 'The International Exhibition' *

Jul - Dec 1862

London [Day & Sons - Egypt, Holy Land, etc.] *

Jan - Mar 1863

London The Photographic Society

Mar 1863 - Apr 1863

Edinburgh Photographic Society of Scotland (7)

Feb 1864 - Mar 1864

Edinburgh Photographic Society of Scotland (8)

Jun - Jul/Aug 1864

London The Photographic Society *

Dec 1864 - Feb 1865

Edinburgh Photographic Society of Scotland (9)

May - Nov 1865

Dublin 'International Exhibition' *

Nov 1865 - ?

London [The French Gallery - Julia Margaret Cameron] *

Acknowledgement:  Photographs Exhibited in Britain - 1839 - 1865 by Roger Taylor.

*  Roger Taylor's book has full details including the photographs exhibited (taken from the exhibition catalogues) for all the exhibitions asterisked. 

Where the exhibitions are not  asterisked, an exhibition catalogue has yet to be found.  For some of these exhibitions,  perhaps no catalogue was ever produced.

 

Exhibitions

1910 to 2005+

The Royal Horticultural Halls in London have been an important venue for photographic exhibitions, beginning with the 1910 Congress of the Professional Photographers' Association.     Please click on the link below for further details.

Royal Horticultural Halls

OTHER EXHIBITIONS

Photographic Exhibitions

Edinburgh      Britain

Other Exhibitions:

Edinburgh        Glasgow

 

 

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