Photography and Pre-Raphaelites. At the end of last month Tate Britain’s exhibition ‘ Painting with Light, Art and Photography from the Pre-Raphaelites to the Modern Age ’ closed its doors . The exhibition examined the relationship between the art of the Victorian and Edwardian period, especially the Pre-Raphaelite and Impressionist movements, and the developing art of photography. It proved an interesting exercise to re-examine our collection of 19 th century prints, many of which are after artists like J.E. Millais and George Frederick Watts who feature in the exhibition, along with our 19 th photographs. Photography The development of photography in the 19 th century created as a relatively cheap and quick way of capturing of capturing a person’s likeness. It allowed the ever growing middle classes of Victorian England access to portraiture. As photography was a much more accurate image of a person, photographs of celebrity figures, even royalty, became increasingly