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Internationally recognised for over 45 years, Robert Hershkowitz Ltd is the leading British dealer specialising in significant European photographs from the 1840's to the 1860's. We represent pioneering exponents of the art from that period working not only in Europe but in locations in the Middle East and Asia. These include major artists such as William Henry Fox Talbot, Gustave Le Gray, Charles Marville, Roger Fenton, Francis Frith and Captain Linnaeus Tripe.

 

Our clients include The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC; The National Gallery, London; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; The Getty; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Chicago Art Institute; the Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Cleveland Museum of Art;  and the National Gallery of Canada, amongst other major museums and private collectors. 

 
  • The Magic Art of French Calotype - an exhibition from Robert Hershkowitz, Photo London, 16-19 May 2024

    The Magic Art of French Calotype - an exhibition from Robert Hershkowitz

    Photo London, 16-19 May 2024

     

    "Photography has attained a magic feeling that neither painting nor drawing could have reached."

    - Francis Wey, 1851

     

    For the first time in the UK, an exhibition of French photographs made from paper negatives, including nine positive and negative pairs. This introduces a body of work to British audiences that is extremely rare in British institutions, including photographs by known masters, the little known and the unknown.