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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

Historic England acquires collection featuring some of UK’s oldest photos

A black and white photo taken along the River Tees of the ruins of Barnard Castle by James Mudd
A photo taken along the River Tees of Barnard Castle by James Mudd, from the 1860s, is part of the collection. Photograph: The Historic England Archive, Historic England

Some of the oldest photographs in England which show the country’s transformation after the industrial revolution have been acquired by Historic England.

Images from the Janette Rosing collection include some of the earliest landscape photography ever taken in the country, spanning the breadth of southern England from the harbours of Clovelly and Plymouth in Devon to the streets of Bethnal Green and the banks of the River Thames in London.

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