The Letter
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype
20.3 x 15.2 cm (8 x 6 ins) (plate)
National Gallery of Art
Patrons' Permanent Fund, 1999.94.1
LL/78333
1 of 87
The Letter
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, whole plate
8 1/2 × 6 1/2 ins (21.59 × 16.51 cm) (plate)
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., Object number: 2005.27.281
LL/80677
2 of 87
Lydia Eaton reading.
n.d.
Salt print
Norfolk Library and Information Service, Norfolk County Council
Picture Norfolk, Ref: 30129041219750
LL/95564
3 of 87
Portrait of a young man
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
LL/11409 [Further details available]
4 of 87
Frédéric Bourgeois de Mercey lisant une lettre dans l'appartement parisien du baron Gros
1850-1851
Daguerreotype
12 x 8,5 cm (image)
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
EST RESERVE EG4-321, Identifiant: ark:/12148/btv1b6903138k
LL/67075
5 of 87
Man with fan seated near a column; Portrait of Anthony Pritchard
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
10.2 x 8.3 cm
George Eastman Museum
Extended loan from Miller/Plummer Collection, GEH NEG: 28918, L75:0117:0022
LL/46482
6 of 87
Unidentified Man Seated Reading a Newspaper
1844
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
3 1.2 x 2 3/4 in
J. Paul Getty Museum
The J. Paul Getty Trust (84.XT.1565.22)
LL/7511 [Further details available]
7 of 87
A family and their villa
n.d.
Daguerreotype, stereo, half
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
Skylight Gallery (Auction #26)
LL/28220 [Further details available]
8 of 87
Self-Portrait with a Folio Volume
1845 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
4 13/16 x 3 1/2 in
J. Paul Getty Museum
The J. Paul Getty Trust (84.XT.255.62)
LL/7508
9 of 87
Portrait of a gentleman reading
1840-1865
Daguerreotype, stereo, with applied colouring, left half
8.7 x 17.4 cm
FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - FOMU
www.daguerreobase.org - Daguerreobase no: FMA-P-1973-231
LL/41494
10 of 87
Portrait of girl seated at window with book
1860 (ca)
Ambrotype, with applied color
6.6 x 5.3 cm
George Eastman Museum
Digital Accession Number: 1995:2752:0001.0001
LL/45429
11 of 87
[A Man Reading in His Salon]
1860 (ca)
Daguerreotype, stereo
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH)
Museum purchase funded by the S. I. and Susie Morris Photography Endowment, Object number: 2018.564
LL/102376
12 of 87
[A young woman reading in bed]
1800s (mid-late)
Stereocard
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Id Number: 2012.3033.0942, Nonaccession Number: 2012.3033, Catalog Number: 2012.3033.0942
LL/107398
13 of 87
Unidentified man sitting at a table reading a book
1850s (?)
Calotype
17.6 x 12.7 cm
Harvard Houghton Library
Salt Print Survey at Harvard number 8486, HOLLIS number: 8001214616
LL/98818
14 of 87
Unidentified man sitting at a table reading a book
1850s (?) (paper negative)
Positive view
17.6 x 12.7 cm
Harvard Houghton Library
Salt Print Survey at Harvard number 8486, HOLLIS number: 8001214616
LL/98819
15 of 87
A woman reading a letter
n.d.
Albumen print
Wellcome Collection
V0027590, Library reference no.: ICV No 28051, Wellcome Library no. 14082i
LL/69717
16 of 87
Alfred de Vigny
1860 (ca)
Albumen print
9 x 5.5 cm
Tajan
Vente 9930, Lot 12
LL/54006
17 of 87
n.d.
Ambrotype, 1/9 plate
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (50 / 26)
LL/22331 [Further details available]
18 of 87
Auguste Vacquerie
1853
Salted paper print
9.9 x 7.9 cm
National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
Purchased 1998, no. 39631
LL/39067 [Further details available]
19 of 87
Auguste Vacquerie Reading
1852-1853
Salted paper print, from waxed paper negative
image: 10.1 x 7.8 cm (4 x 3 1/16 ins) sheet: 24.9 x 18.5 cm (9 13/16 x 7 5/16 ins)
Princeton University Art Museum
Museum purchase, gift of the Florence Gould Foundation, Object Number: 2005-37
LL/44685
20 of 87
Professor Benjamin Jowett
1864
Albumen print
10 7/16 x 8 1/2 ins
J. Paul Getty Museum
84.XZ.186.71
LL/47059
21 of 87
[Woman in Robes Reading a Book]
1870
Albumen silver print, from glass negative
35.1 x 27.3 cm (13 13/16 x 10 3/4 in. )
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1969, Accession Number: 69.607.11
LL/77555
22 of 87
A Sibyl after the manner of Michelangelo
1864
Albumen print
George Eastman Museum
Museum purchase
LL/54414
23 of 87
Young Girl Reading
1863 (ca)
Albumen print
18.1 x 15 cm
Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas
Id number: 1972.0422
LL/58029
24 of 87
Untitled (Girl Reading)
1860 (ca)
Albumen silver print
7 3/8 x 5 3/4 ins (18.7 x 14.6 cm) (image and sheet, irregular)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gift of Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer, 2006, Accession Number: 2006-167-4
LL/72116
25 of 87
Virginia Julian (née Dalrymple), Lady Champneys
1860-1864
Albumen print
7 3/8 x 5 3/8 ins (18.6 x 13.7 cm) (overall)
National Portrait Gallery - NPG
Purchased with help from the Art Fund, Jane and Michael Wilson and Stephen Barry, 2015, NPG P2011(25)
LL/80348
26 of 87
Sir John Herschel
1863 (ca)
Albumen print
12 x 9.5 cm
Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas
Id number: 1972.0425
LL/58026
27 of 87
Lewis Carroll
1857 (ca)
Albumen print
5 1/2 x 4 5/8 ins (14 x 11.7 cm)
National Portrait Gallery - NPG
Purchased with help from Kodak Ltd, 1973, Primary Collection, NPG P7(26)
LL/80340
28 of 87
Lewis Carroll
1860s
Albumen print
3 3/8 x 2 1/4 ins (8.5 x 5.7 cm) (image)
National Portrait Gallery - NPG
Given by Graham Ovenden, 1977, Photographs Collection, NPG x5181
LL/80344
29 of 87
[Man reading]
1905-1915 (ca)
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Brian Smolens
LL/30529
30 of 87
Woman reading
1860s (ca)
Carte de visite
Private collection of Manuel Magalhaes
LL/45660
31 of 87
Prof. Dunn, reading book and posed with stoppered bottles and beaker
1860 (ca)
Carte de visite
George Eastman Museum
George Eastman House Collection - Accession Number: 1982:0558:0001
LL/32716
32 of 87
Three-quarter length portrait of an African American woman posed with book
n.d.
Cabinet card
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Call Number/Physical Location: LOT 14024, no. 28 [P&P], Library of Congress Control Number: 2010645141
LL/80507 [Further details available]
33 of 87
A young woman reading a book with a photograph album on the table
n.d.
Cabinet card
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/92576
34 of 87
Untitled [A woman reading a letter with a ghostly figure nearby]
n.d.
Stereocard, half
Private collection of Kevin Yee
LL/31162
35 of 87
1890-1910
Albumen print, hand-coloured
10.5 x 15.5 cm
Dennis George Crow
Courtesy of Dennis George Crow (www.dennisgeorgecrow.com)
LL/10698
36 of 87
A personal portrait
n.d.
Tintype, stereo, half
Private collection of Liberty Lehr
LL/51759
37 of 87
Two women reading
n.d.
Tintype
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
LL/98162
38 of 87
1906 (ca)
Cabinet card
Private collection of Laurie Minor
LL/33459
39 of 87
[Two Young Women at Window]
1870 (ca)
Albumen silver print, from glass negative
8 1/2 × 6 1/8 ins (21.6 × 15.6 cm) (image) 16 7/16 × 12 5/8 ins (41.7 × 32 cm) (mount)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.1152
LL/79760 [Further details available]
40 of 87
Absorbed
1888
Albumen print
4 1/4 x 7 5/8 in.
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2011.381
LL/116725 [Further details available]
41 of 87
No. 457, "Absorbed"
n.d.
6 3/8 x 8 5/8 in
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (52 / 56)
LL/31030 [Further details available]
42 of 87
Reading by Firelight
1890 (ca)
Albumen print, from collodion negative
6 1/2 x 8 1/2
Klotz / Sirmon Gallery (CLOSED)
LL/3339
43 of 87
Studio Shot of a Reclining Lady Reading a Book
Late 19th century
Albumen silver print
6 3/16 x 8 1/8 ins (15.7 x 20.6 cm)
Brooklyn Museum
Purchase gift of Leona Soudavar in memory of Ahmad Soudavar, Accession Number: 1997.3.6
LL/41401
44 of 87
The Story Book
1902
Platinum print
24.5 x 32.9 cm (9 5/8 x 12 15/16 ins)
Princeton University Art Museum
Gift of Hermine M. Turner, Object Number: x1975-127
LL/44565
45 of 87
Woman Reading (Byrdcliffe)
1905 (ca)
Platinum print
6 5/16 x 8 1/8 ins (16 x 20.6 cm) (image and sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gift of Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer, 2004, Accession Number: 2004-205-28
LL/72488
46 of 87
Reading under the Trees
1870 (ca)
Albumen print, from wet plate negative
5-1/4 x 3-7/8 ins (13.3 x 9.8 cm)
Contemporary Works / Vintage Works
Inventory no: 15426
LL/76240 [Further details available]
47 of 87
Reading, Queenston Heights, Queenston, Ontario, Canada
1924
Gelatin silver print, snapshot
Private collection of John S. Rochon
LL/65894
48 of 87
Girl Seated and Reading
1843-1848
Calotype
20.8 x 15.0 cm (8 3/16 x 5 7/8 ins) (image)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Gift of David Bakalar, Accession no: 1974.154
LL/96575
49 of 87
Dumbarton Presbytery
1845
Salted paper print
14.5 x 20.2 cm (5 11/16 x 7 15/16 ins)
Princeton University Art Museum
Robert O. Dougan Collection, gift of Warner Communications, Inc., Object Number: x1982-300
LL/44630
50 of 87
Dumbarton Presbytery
1845, 29 March
Salted paper print, from a calotype negative
5 7/8 x 8 1/8 in.
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2011.496
LL/112597
51 of 87
Dumbarton Presbytery
1843-1847
Calotype
14.6 x 20.3 cm (5 3/4 x 8 ins)
Yale University Art Gallery
John Hill Morgan, B.A. 1893, LL.B. 1896, M.A. (Hon.) 1929, Fund, 1977.91.1
LL/88673
52 of 87
Studio portrait of a bare shouldered young woman reading a book
1890-1900
Albumen print, hand-coloured
25 x 18.5 cm
Dennis George Crow
Courtesy of Dennis George Crow (www.dennisgeorgecrow.com)
LL/10449
53 of 87
Woman reading
n.d.
Anahita Gallery
Courtesy of the Anahita Gallery, Santa Fe
LL/14806
54 of 87
Letitia (?) Felix Reading
1899
Platinum print
7.25 x 5.75 in (184 x 146 mm)
Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc
Courtesy of Charles Isaacs (v1163C)
LL/14308 [Further details available]
55 of 87
Three ladies reading a letter
1860s (ca)
Tintype, carte de visite mount
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (Skylight Gallery Catalog 27, October, 23, 2008 #41)
LL/30949 [Further details available]
56 of 87
Nude reading a book [Nu ay livre]
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, stereo, partially colored
6.8 x 6 cm (each visible image)
Sotheby's - Paris
Courtesy of Sotheby's Paris (Photographs, Fri, 20 Nov 09, 4:00 PM, PF9027, Lot 5)
LL/33713
57 of 87
Light and Shadow, Vienna
1910 (ca)
Bromoil print
4 7/16 x 5 3/8 in
Lee Gallery
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (W1455.0)
LL/13676 [Further details available]
58 of 87
Portrait of a Young Woman
1890-1900
Platinum print
14.5 x 10.3 cm (5 11/16 x 4 1/16 ins)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Francis Welch Fund, Accession number: 1986.262
LL/46618
59 of 87
El Machete
1926
Gelatin silver print
23.8 x 18.8 cm (9 3/8 x 7 3/8 ins) (sheet)
Art Gallery of Ontario - AGO
Malcolmson Collection
LL/54603
60 of 87
Worker reading El Machete. Mexico City
1925
Gelatin silver print
Galerie Bilderwelt
LL/103180
61 of 87
Silhouette Portrait of a Boy Reading a Book
1905 (ca)
Gum print
7 7/8 x 6 5/16 in
Lee Gallery
Image courtesy of the Lee Gallery (www.leegallery.com)
LL/3307
62 of 87
Aerialist William Witaschek, “The Great Calvert” reading newspaper on the high wire
1910 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
George Eastman Museum
LL/54471
63 of 87
Hello! Handle with Care
n.d.
Photomontage
Private collection of Robert E. Jackson
LL/82300
64 of 87
The photographer's wive
1927
Gum print
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
LL/47515
65 of 87
Village Magique, Paris
1950 (taken)
Gelatin silver print
8 x 10 in
Carl Mautz Vintage Photographs
LL/28674 [Further details available]
66 of 87
Boy Reading, Types French
1924
Black and white photograph
E.O. Hoppé Collection
Copyright: © E.O. Hoppe Estate Collection / Curatorial Assistance Inc., 16265-E
LL/98513
67 of 87
Rabindranath Tagore reading to his students
1929
Black and white photograph
E.O. Hoppé Collection
Copyright: © E.O. Hoppe Estate Collection / Curatorial Assistance Inc., 18885-K
LL/98514
68 of 87
The children listen with interest to the teacher reading the book. In the hands of the teacher turned upside down "Book for registration of visitors of the photo studio".
1930s
Gelatin silver print
Private collection of Sergey Maximishin
LL/112225
69 of 87
Alcove in Guys Hospital courtyard used to Stand on Freedom Bridge, London
1934
Black and white photograph
E.O. Hoppé Collection
Copyright: © E.O. Hoppe Estate Collection / Curatorial Assistance Inc., 01355-4128
LL/98515
70 of 87
Margot Asquith, Countess of Oxford and son Anthony Asquith
1920
Black and white photograph
E.O. Hoppé Collection
Copyright: © E.O. Hoppe Estate Collection / Curatorial Assistance Inc., 13392-H
LL/98516
71 of 87
Die Lektüre (Reading)
1930 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
11 x 15,5 cm
Dorotheum
Art Photography, 13 June 2016, Lot 61
LL/67506
72 of 87
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. resting in the Lorraine Motel following the March Against Fear, Memphis, TN
1966
Gelatin silver print / Inkjet print
5 x 7 in / 8 x 10 in
Decaneas Archive
Courtesy of the Decaneas Archive
LL/27557 [Further details available]
73 of 87
"Ham and Eggs," San Francisco
1938
Gelatin silver print
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH)
Courtesy of MFAH (2002.1243), The Manfred Heiting Collection - Used with the permission of CCP, University of Arizona
LL/10297
74 of 87
1889
Book plate
Google Books
LL/36485 [Further details available]
75 of 87
Abendzeitung (Evening Paper)
1950s
Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped, on Agfa-Brovira paper
29,7 x 24 cm
Bassenge Photography Auctions
19th - 21st Century Photography, 3 June 2015, Lot: 4399
LL/59839
76 of 87
Portrõtstudie
[Die Kunst in der Photographie (Art Folio #6)]
1900
Photogravure
15.9 x 20.7 cm
Photoseed
Photograph courtesy PhotoSeed.com
LL/18706 [Further details available]
77 of 87
Untitled, A Man reading a Newspaper, Austria
1908 (ca)
Bromoil print
3 x 4 3/8 in
Lee Gallery
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (J318)
LL/13730 [Further details available]
78 of 87
Smallest Book at the British Museum, London
1931
Gelatin silver print
E.O. Hoppé Collection
LL/80557
79 of 87
Esztergom, Hungary
1915 (taken, later print)
Gelatin silver print
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Famous & Seldom Offered Photographs, 22 October 2015, Lot: 42
LL/61582 [Further details available]
80 of 87
An American Block, Hamilton, Ohio.
1943 (taken) 1993 (print)
Gelatin silver print
17 3/8 x 13 3/4 ins (44.1 x 34.9 cm) (image)
Swann Galleries - New York
Fine Photographs, 23 February 2023, Lot: 137
LL/125696
81 of 87
Street Cafe, Hyderabad, India
1947
Gelatin silver print
7 3/4 x 8 ins
Paul M. Hertzmann, Inc
LL/73817 [Further details available]
82 of 87
Racing car driver reading a newspaper
1931 (ca)
Black and white photograph
National Science and Media Museum
Ref Number: 1991-5018/282
LL/45222 [Further details available]
83 of 87
Pretini 70
1968 (taken) 1980 (ca, print)
Gelatin silver print
11 3/8 x 15 5/8 ins
Bonhams - New York
Photographs, 28 April 2016, Lot: 40
LL/66322 [Further details available]
84 of 87
In front of a mosque, Istanbul
1895 (ca)
Photochrom
Photoinstitut Bonartes
© Photoinstitut Bonartes
LL/45097 [Further details available]
85 of 87
Man with book sitting in chair
1915 (ca)
Autochrome
George Eastman Museum
LL/54420
86 of 87
[Sharing the wisdom of the Little Red Book]
1971
Book illustration
Ader Nordmann
15 November 2015, Lot: 40
LL/62352 [Further details available]
87 of 87
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