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A man in a patterned waistcoat with a gold watch-chain. Photograph, 1840/1855.

The Crystal Palace, London: a sculpture gallery. Photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1851/1862.

An elderly man after his death. Photograph, 1840/1855.

Blood corpuscles of a frog. Photomicrograph by Léon Foucault, 1844.

Spermatozoa of a frog. Photomicrograph by Léon Foucault, 1844.

The Crystal Palace, London: sculptures by John Bell: Una and the Lion (foreground) and The Maid of Saragossa (background). Photograph, 1851/1862.

The Crystal Palace, London: the lily pond. Photograph, 1851/1862.

Two men in American (?) military uniform. Photograph, 1840/1855.

The Eureka Daguerrean Gallery, Marysville Drug Store, Marysville, U.S.A. Photograph, 1840/1855.

Human milk. Photomicrograph by Léon Foucault, 1844.

Uric acid crystals. Photomicrograph by Léon Foucault, 1844.

Spermatozoa of a mouse. Photomicrograph by Léon Foucault, 1844.

Rouleaux of blood corpuscles. Photomicrograph by Léon Foucault, 1844.

Samuel Byles. Coloured daguerreotype, 185-.

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Uric acid crystals. Photomicrograph by Léon Foucault, 1844.

Spermatozoa of a frog. Photomicrograph by Léon Foucault, 1844.

Spermatozoa of a mouse. Photomicrograph by Léon Foucault, 1844.

Rouleaux of blood corpuscles. Photomicrograph by Léon Foucault, 1844.

Samuel Byles. Coloured daguerreotype, 185-.