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Image: Peter Henry Emerson, Coming home from the marshes, c. 1886 (British Library)

Fri 30 Oct 2009 - Sun 7 Mar 2010

Points of View: Capturing the 19th century in photographs

Bringing together photographs from the British Library’s unique collections, examining the development of the medium and its lasting influence.

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Illustration to quatrain 32 by Niroot Puttapipat from the new Folio Society edition of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám to be published in October 2009. Illustration © Niroot Puttapipat.

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