Background
Philip Henry Delamotte was born in 1821 in England, United States.
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Philip Henry Delamotte was born in 1821 in England, United States.
From 1855 to 1879 he was a professor of drawing and perspective at King's College, London, then became a professor of fine art there until 1887. Delamotte also taught drawing to members of the royal family and was a photography instructor at the Photographic Institution, London. From 1851 to 1854 he was commissioned by the Crystal Palace Company to document the rebuilding of the Palace in Sydenham, his views serving as the basis for engravings in the Illustrated News, London.
A calotypist, Delamotte was one of the earliest photographers to use the medium for documentary purposes.