The National Photography Collection incorporates several world-class collections and includes key images by the most influential photographers of our time. Browse the gallery below to see a selection of images from the Collection which are available to buy in a range of prints.
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Magic lantern slide of Alice in Wonderland. Royal Polytechnic Institution, c.1860. Buy from SSPL Prints |
Battersea Power Station, London, 3 January 1956. Buy from SSPL Prints |
Beauty contestants, Southport, Merseyside, 1967. Buy from SSPL Prints |
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Children playing baseball in a tenement playground, USA, c 1913 Buy from SSPL Prints |
Christina by the boat, 1913 Buy from SSPL Prints |
Glyndebourne, 1967 Buy from SSPL Prints |
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'Iago, study from an Italian' by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1867. Buy from SSPL Prints |
Nude male athletes fencing, photograph by Muybridge, c 1872-1885. Buy from SSPL Prints |
'Rebecca', 1938 Buy from SSPL Prints |
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Richard and Cherry Kearton taking a photograph of a bird's nest, 1900 Buy from SSPL Prints |
Two women beside a 500K Mercedes-Benz convertible, 1934-1935. Buy from SSPL Prints |
Woman Spanking a Child, 1887. Buy from SSPL Prints |
If you wish to license any of these images, please visit Science & Society Picture Library or contact one of our Research Executives at piclib@nmsi.ac.uk.