British Photographic Exhibitions

Exhibitions 1839 to 1865
Below is a list of early photographic exhibitions. There were probably also others. Please tell me if you are aware of any. blue = Edinburgh exhibitions. Yellow = exhibitions staged by other photographic societies. Please see also: Dates photographic societies were established.
Aug - Sep 1839	Birmingham	British Association [Talbot] *
Oct 1839	Edinburgh	[Daguerreotypes - Howie]
Dec 1839 - Jan 1840	Edinburgh	Arts Manufacturers *
Apr - Sep 1840	Newcastle	Arts Manufacturers *
Feb - May 1841	Edinburgh	Royal Scottish Academy *
1841	London	Royal Polytechnic Institution *
Jun - Jul 1845	Cambridge	British Association *
Apr? 1847 - 1848?	London	Mayall [daguerreotypes] *
May - Oct 1851	London	'The Great Exhibition' *
Dec 1852 - Jan 1853	London	[Royal] Society of Arts *
Dec 1853	Aberdeen	Mechanics' Institution *
May - Nov 1853	Dublin	**'International Exhibition' ***
Apr - Dec 1853	London	The Photographic Institution
1853-1854	[1st Tour]	[Royal] Society of Arts * included Stirling, Crieff, Aberdeen,
Mar? - Apr? 1854	Dundee	Dundee Royal Infirmary Fund *
Jan - Feb 1854	London	The Photographic Society *
1854	[2nd Tour - 1st set]	[Royal] Society of Arts *
1854	[2nd Tour - 2nd set]	[Royal] Society of Arts * included Falkirk
Sep 1855 - ?	Glasgow	British Association *
Jan - Mar 1855	London	The Photographic Society *
Jan - Jun 1855	London	The Photographic Institution *
1855-1856	[3rd Tour - 1st set]	[Royal] Society of Arts *
1855-1856	[3rd Tour - 2nd set]	[Royal] Society of Arts *
1855-1856	[Tour]	[Crimean Photographs - Fenton] *
Jan - Mar 1856	London	The Photographic Society *
Jun 1856 - ?	Yeovil	Mutual Improvement Society *
Sep - Oct 1856	Manchester	Manchester Photographic Society *
Nov 1856 - Feb 1857	Norwich	'Norwich Photographic Society *
Dec 1856 - Jan 1857	Edinburgh	Art Manufactures
Dec 1856 - 1857	Edinburgh	Photogrpahic Society of Scotland (1) *
Jan - Mar/Apr 1857	London	The Photographic Society *
May - Oct 1857	Manchester	'Art Treasures' *
Sep 1857 - ?	Birmingham	Birmingham Photographic Society *
Dec 1857?- Jan 1858?	Edinburgh	Art Manufactures
Dec 1857 - 1858	Edinburgh	Photogrpahic Society of Scotland (2)
Jan - Feb 1858	London	Architectural Photographic Association (1) *
Dec 1858 - Feb 1859	Edinburgh	Photographic Society of Scotland (3) *
Dec 1858 - Jan 1859	London	Architectural Photographic Association (2) *
Feb - Mar 1858	London	The Photographic Society *
Jan - May 1859	London	The Photographic Society *
Apr-May 1859	Glasgow	The Photographic Society *
Sep 1859	Aberdeen	The British Association *
Dec 1859 - Mar 1860	Edinburgh	Photogrpahic Society of Scotland (4)
Jan - Mar 1860	London	The Photographic Society *
Jan - Mar 1861	London	Architectural Photographic Association (4) *
Jan - Mar 1861	London	The Photographic Society *
Feb - Apr 1861	Edinburgh	Photogrpahic Society of Scotland (5)
1861	Edinburgh	Edinburgh Photogrpahic Society (1)
Dec 1861 - Feb 1862	Edinburgh	Photogrpahic Society of Scotland (6)
May - Nov 1862	London	**'The International Exhibition' ***
Jul - Dec 1862	London	[Day & Sons - Egypt, Holy Land, etc.] *
Jan - Mar 1863	London	The Photographic Society
Mar 1863 - Apr 1863	Edinburgh	Photographic Society of Scotland (7)
Feb 1864 - Mar 1864	Edinburgh	Photographic Society of Scotland (8)
Jun - Jul/Aug 1864	London	The Photographic Society *
Dec 1864 - Feb 1865	Edinburgh	Photographic Society of Scotland (9)
May - Nov 1865	Dublin	'International Exhibition' *
Nov 1865 - ?	London	[The French Gallery - Julia Margaret Cameron] *
Acknowledgement: Photographs Exhibited in Britain - 1839 - 1865 by Roger Taylor. * Roger Taylor's book has full details including the photographs exhibited (taken from the exhibition catalogues) for all the exhibitions asterisked. Where the exhibitions are not asterisked, an exhibition catalogue has yet to be found. For some of these exhibitions, perhaps no catalogue was ever produced.