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Fran is a young woman with short blond hair. She's standing in the Ri archive, which is lit by sodium bulbs which give the room a yellow tint. She is smiling and holding a piece of paper with text saying "ask the archivist"
A box with many cartes de visite, c. 1865. The lid of the box also serves as a magnifying glass, and the photographs include family portraits and individual portraits of men and women
Portrait of a daguerreotypist displaying his images and cases. He is a bearded young man, sitting next to a table
John Moran's albumen print of Limon Bay, High Tide, 1871. Two rocks with vegetation take the centre of the image, with a ship visible between them in the distance.
A cracked egg with leaking albumen
A black and white photograph of Michael Faraday, with a very slight sepia tone. Faraday is older in this photo, with white hair and wearing a black neck tie and white shirt and blazer. He is surrounded by a black vignette and though the photograph has soft edges, his eyes are sharp and in perfect focus, making the image look strangely modern
An engraving of the Royal Institution in the 1800s, showing people and carriages going by on Albemarle Street
The current exterior of the Ri, showing Roman-inspired columns and a black flag with the Ri logo
View of the lantern building on top of the Ri theatre
Close up of the copper and plastic strip on the roof of the Ri
Julian Hunt posing for a portrait with his hands behind his back, wearing a colourful orange tie
The exterior of the Ri building at night
Ted presenting the "Energy Live" show, wearing a hard hat with a contraption connected to a light bulb