hildegardavon:lespalimpsestesBas-relief portion of frieze of Nymphs with scrollwork in terracotta. P
hildegardavon:lespalimpsestesBas-relief portion of frieze of Nymphs with scrollwork in terracotta. Photographed by Louise Laffon, ca.1864Victoria and Albert Museum Inv.41622Photographs and photographers were present from the very beginning of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s history. In 1852 the South Kensington Museum (now the V&A) became the first museum to collect photographs and in 1858 was the first to exhibit them. -- source link