article_snippet.sent: The remarkable images were shot by photographer Victor Albert Prout, who developed the negatives in an improvised dark room on board his punt which his sailed along the River Thames.
article_snippet.sent: Prout travelled along the River Thames in a makeshift boat where Prout installed a dark room (centre, front), capturing and developing Prout images on site, like this one of Windsor Castle (top right)
article_snippet.sent: Prout travelled around the River Thames on Prout boat to capture images of the well known landmarks, developing images of the well known landmarks on the spot Prout floating dark room construction is often seen tethered to a skiff in some of the photographs.
article_snippet.sent: The images, such as this of Iffley Mill, were saved by Prout in Prout book of pictures of the River Thames in the mid 1850s and will now be auctioned .
article_snippet.sent: Prout's photography along the River Thames included this shot of Twickenham in the 1950s, with Prout darkroom boat in the foreground (right)
article_snippet.sent: Twickenham has been significantly developed since the 1850s when Prout captured Prout image of the London suburb along the River Thames .
article_snippet.sent: The photos - believed to be the the first documented collection of the UK's greatest river - were eventually published by Prout's father's publishing company, Virtue and Co, in around 1862.
article_snippet.sent: A black and white photograph of Hampton Court features in Prout's groundbreaking photo album of panoramic views of the River Thames .
highlights_snippet.sent: Victor Prout created a makeshift dark room on board a boat Victor Prout used to travel along stretch of the River Thames .
  