All these pjhotos are by Camille Silvy. if you are in London in the next few months from 15 July to 24 October 2010 there is an exhibition of his workat the National Portrait Gallery.

Amplify’d from www.npg.org.uk

Camille Silvy was one of the photographic pioneers who burst on the scene in the 1850s.

See more at www.npg.org.uk