Background information and resources to prompt discussion and thinking skills about the images included in The Mystery of the Monks Road photographs.

Includes information about the conventions of style for posing for a portrait and the development of photography in the Victorian era.

Text documents

Background Information Victorian Photographs.doc
Information surrounding traditions and methods of Victorian photography.

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Looking at photographs.doc
A worksheet or prompt sheet highlighting things to notice when looking at photographs.

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Posing for Victorian style photographic portraits.doc
Ideas for pupils to pose for their own Victorian style photographic portraits. History, thinking skills, visual literacy.

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