Luminous-Lint - for collectors and connoisseurs of fine photography
LL/19503
Louis-Noël Richou (1816-1895)
La lettre de l'absent
1850 (before)
Daguerreotype
14.5 x 18 cm
 
Artcurial
courtesy of Artcurial (Sale 1170, Lot 13)
 
LL/19503

1 of 141
LL/30524
Unidentified photographer
[Two men in costume]
1905-1915 (ca)
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Brian Smolens
 
LL/30524

2 of 141
LL/26707
Unidentified photographer
Japanese letter carrier
1897
Albumen print, hand-tinted
10 x 8 in (approx)
 
Private collection of Rob Oechsle
 
LL/26707 [Further details available]

3 of 141
LL/25614
B.1035 Wrestlers
1870s-1880s
Albumen print, hand-coloured
8 x 10.2 in (20.3 x 26.0 cm)
 
Paul Frecker
 
LL/25614 [Further details available]

4 of 141
LL/25232
Émile Gsell
Untitled [information wanted]
[Views of Indochina]
1866-1868
Albumen print
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
Courtesy of Bassenge, Berlin (Photography, Sale: 90, Lot: 4063, Dec 5, 2007)
 
LL/25232

5 of 141
LL/30504
Atelier Adele
4 - Fleur de Ligne et Perle d'Alsace, Bouffonnerie militaire et alsacienne
[Viennese Charity Play]
1869, March
Cabinet card
 
Past to Present: Vintage Photo Gallery
 
LL/30504 [Further details available]

6 of 141
LL/17883
Unidentified photographer
Prince Archibong II of Calabar, wearing his crown jewels and seated on a 'throne'
1900 (ca)
Silver print
20 x 15 cm
 
Allsworth Rare Books
 
LL/17883 [Further details available]

7 of 141
LL/25207
Ludwig Angerer
Tableau Vivant - Marie Antoinette in Prison
1860s
Albumen print
21,5 x 27,5 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
Courtesy of Bassenge, Berlin (Photography, Sale: 90, Lot: 4015, Dec 5, 2007)
 
LL/25207 [Further details available]

8 of 141
LL/25752
Louis Auguste Bisson
Portrait of an unknown man
1843
Daguerreotype, Framed
 
Rijksmuseum
Copyright © Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (RP-F-F14596)
 
LL/25752

9 of 141
LL/42329
Unidentified photographer
Portrait d'un petit garþon accoudé au dossier d'une chaise
n.d.
Daguerreotype
9.5 x 7.2 cm (image) 22.4 x 20.2 (mount)
 
Musée français de la Photographie
Inventory no: 73.2003.1
 
LL/42329

10 of 141
LL/42327
Noël Marie Paymal Lerebours
Henry Tuillard
1850-1870 (ca)
Daguerreotype
17.2 x 14.6 cm (mount) 8.4 x 6.5 cm (image)
 
Musée français de la Photographie
Inventory no: 83.4277.1
 
LL/42327

11 of 141
LL/34137
Hamilton (Buffalo, NY)
Dapper kid
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Dennis A. Waters Fine Daguerreotypes
Courtesy of Dennis Waters Fine Daguerreotypes (www.finedags.com)
 
LL/34137 [Further details available]

12 of 141
LL/31563
Unidentified photographer
Card players
1895 (ca)
Tintype, 1/6 plate
 
Private collection of Nigel Maister
 
LL/31563

13 of 141
LL/31981
Unidentified photographer
A young woman posing in a photographer's studio amongst a "rustic" setting
n.d.
Tintype, 1/6 plate
 
J. Cosmas Vintage Photography
 
LL/31981

14 of 141
LL/30090
Hippolyte Arnoux
[Water Carrier]. Porteuse d'eu
1880 (ca)
Albumen print
280 x 220 mm (11 x 8.5 in)
 
Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books
Courtesy of Bernard J Shapero Rare Books
 
LL/30090 [Further details available]

15 of 141
LL/30946
Unidentified photographer
Dreams of Childhood
n.d.
Tintype
 
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (Skylight Gallery Catalog 27, October, 23, 2008 #39)
 
LL/30946 [Further details available]

16 of 141
LL/43297
Unidentified photographer
A young lad posed on painted prop horse
n.d.
Tintype
2 1/2 x 3 5/8 ins
 
Capitol Gallery
 
LL/43297

17 of 141
LL/34136
Estrella (Fall River, Mass.)
Studio portrait of a suited man
n.d.
Cabinet card, tinted
 
Dennis A. Waters Fine Daguerreotypes
Courtesy of Dennis Waters Fine Daguerreotypes (www.finedags.com)
 
LL/34136 [Further details available]

18 of 141
LL/30478
Atelier Adele
Duc Gualtithre
[Viennese Charity Play]
1869, March
Cabinet card
 
Past to Present: Vintage Photo Gallery
 
LL/30478 [Further details available]

19 of 141
LL/29569
Auguste Maure
The flute player [Joueur de flute]
1880
Albumen print
 
Private collection of Gilles Dupont
 
LL/29569

20 of 141
LL/27074
Unidentified photographer
Carpenter, shipwright
n.d.
Tintype, 1/2 plate
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: Feb 21, 2008, 51, part 1 / lot 62)
 
LL/27074 [Further details available]

21 of 141
LL/27713
Gates (Addison N.Y., branch of Forestville Studio, Chicago)
Black Woman with Letter
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 84)
 
LL/27713

22 of 141
LL/11979
Unidentified photographer
Man with a Marlin Rifle and Pistol
1880 (ca)
Tintype, tinted
5 x 7 in
 
Carl Mautz Vintage Photographs
Courtesy of Carl Mautz
 
LL/11979

23 of 141
LL/11245
Mrs. Dexter
Studio portrait of a Rifle Volunteer (English)
1860 (ca)
Ambrotype, 1/4 plate
 
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#13 / 29)
 
LL/11245 [Further details available]

24 of 141
LL/11269
Berthaud (Boulogne)
Continental fishermen
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#13 / 63)
 
LL/11269

25 of 141
LL/6852
D. Antonopulo (Batum, on the Black Sea)
Russian hunter with his dog
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Location and source information requested
 
LL/6852 [Further details available]

26 of 141
LL/7406
Colonel W.F. Cody
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (45 / 84)
 
LL/7406

27 of 141
LL/8166
Unidentified photographer
Relaxed before backdrop scene
n.d.
Ambrotype
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (46 / 49)
 
LL/8166

29 of 141
LL/8165
Unidentified photographer
Relaxed before backdrop scene
n.d.
Ambrotype
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (46 / 49)
 
LL/8165

30 of 141
LL/8592
Unidentified photographer
Fashion photography of the Roaring Nineties [French]
1890 (ca)
Albumen print
290 x 220 mm 11 x 8 1/2 in
 
Antiq-Photo
Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com - 3eg282)
 
LL/8592

31 of 141
LL/11349
Unidentified photographer
Child in front of a painted backdrop
n.d.
Tintype, 1/2 plate
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (47 / 69)
 
LL/11349

32 of 141
LL/42373
Unidentified photographer
Portrait de deux hommes devant un décor de cascade
1860-1900
Tintype, ferrotypie
12.7 x 8.8 cm
 
Musée français de la Photographie
Inventory no: 2009.18.55
 
LL/42373

33 of 141
LL/34606
Bieber Family
Unknown girl
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
 
LL/34606 [Further details available]

34 of 141
LL/24970
A.W. Rothengatter
Elephant "Hebe" and her baby "Young America"
1880
Carte de visite
2 1/2 x 4 in (6 x 10 cm)
 
KaufmaNelson Vintage Photographs
 
LL/24970 [Further details available]

35 of 141
LL/24289
Unidentified photographer
Ladies' hairstyles
1880 (ca)
Tintype
7 x 5 in
 
Private collection of Andrew Daneman
 
LL/24289

36 of 141
LL/22915
Allan Hughan [Attributed to]
Four Kanak (Canaque) warriors, New Caledonia
1880 (ca)
Albumen print
150 x 110 mm
 
Oceania-Ethnographica
 
LL/22915

37 of 141
LL/14380
John William Lindt
Group of Aborigines, Clarence River area, northern New South Wales
1873
Albumen print
190 x 142 mm
 
Oceania-Ethnographica
Courtesy of www.oceania-ethnographica.com (A028)
 
LL/14380

38 of 141
LL/14388
Unidentified photographer
Motu women with full body tattoos, south coast New Guinea
1945 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
88 x 55 mm
 
Oceania-Ethnographica
Courtesy of www.oceania-ethnographica.com (B015)
 
LL/14388

39 of 141
LL/34309
Clarence L. Hunt
Four young landies and three young men posed in front of a decorative backdrop
1870s (ca)
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of John Toohey
 
LL/34309 [Further details available]

40 of 141
LL/34314
Unidentified photographer
Unidentified woman standing next to a fence with a Niagara Falls backdrop in rear
1870s (ca)
Tintype
9.3 x 6.1 cm
 
Library and Archives Canada
Library and Archives Canada/PA-147753
 
LL/34314 [Further details available]

41 of 141
LL/34095
Southwell Brothers
Jimmy Rogers as Miss Eily O'Connor in a burlesque of Dion Boucicault's "the Colleen Bawn"
1862
Carte de visite
 
Paul Frecker
 
LL/34095

42 of 141
LL/12306
Southwell Brothers
Lydia thompson, actress
1860s (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Paul Frecker
 
LL/12306

43 of 141
LL/12327
Southwell Brothers
Mr Davenport of Maer
1860s (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Paul Frecker
 
LL/12327

44 of 141
LL/10977
Charles Eden (Ealing)
Cricketer
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics
Courtesy of Jeffrey Kraus (SP10)
 
LL/10977 [Further details available]

45 of 141
LL/31374
Woman (Mary C. Hilligoss) posing in a studio with a multiple CDV viewer
1865, 11 April (Patent)
 
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
 
LL/31374 [Further details available]

46 of 141
LL/33043
Turkish woman
1920s (ca)
Postcard
 
Private collection of John Toohey
 
LL/33043

47 of 141
LL/29767
Unidentified photographer
Man photographing his "twin" by double exposure, perhaps even a self-portrait.
1880s (ca)
Tintype, double exposure?
 
Private collection of Andrew Daneman
 
LL/29767 [Further details available]

48 of 141
LL/29083
Beernaert Freres (Gand, Belgium)
Hunter with rifle and dog
1900 (ca)
 
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
 
LL/29083

49 of 141
LL/26070
Unidentified photographer
Professional Photographer
1890
 
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
Courtesy of Jan Weijers
 
LL/26070

50 of 141
LL/25246
C.H. Muller
Portrait of a Young Girl
1856 (ca)
Salt print, hand-coloured, rounded corners
21 x 15,8 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
Courtesy of Bassenge, Berlin (Photography, Sale: 90, Lot: 4099, Dec 5, 2007)
 
LL/25246

51 of 141
LL/13319
Hirsch
Portrait of two children
n.d.
Cabinet card, tinted
 
Private collection of Richard O. Titus
 
LL/13319 [Further details available]

52 of 141
LL/34605
Alfred D. Kissack (Eton, Windsor)
Eton School thespian (unknown)
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
 
LL/34605 [Further details available]

53 of 141
LL/34603
Elliott & Fry
Miss Eveleen Rayne
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
 
LL/34603 [Further details available]

54 of 141
LL/29175
Wilhelm Höffert
Therese Malten, German soprano as Brunnhilde - "Der Ring des Nibelungen"
1894 (autographed)
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
 
LL/29175 [Further details available]

55 of 141
LL/19723
Georg Stüffler
Heinrich Vogl as "Tristan"
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
 
LL/19723 [Further details available]

56 of 141
LL/20417
H. Rocher
Clara Louise Kellogg, American Soprano (1842-1916)
n.d.
 
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
 
LL/20417 [Further details available]

57 of 141
LL/14994
Unidentified photographer
Zulu Warrior Chief
1870 (ca)
Albumen print
7.5 in (19.05 cm) x 5.5 in (13.97 cm)
 
Antiq-Photo
Courtesy of Anthony Davis (3eg762)
 
LL/14994

58 of 141
LL/42086
Unidentified photographer
Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with greatcoat in front of American flag
1861-1865
Ambrotype, 1/6 plate, hand-coloured
9.7 x 8.5 cm (case)
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Liljenquist Family collection, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105)
 
LL/42086

59 of 141
LL/42088
Unidentified photographer
Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with revolver in holster in front of painted backdrop showing military camp
1861-1865
Tintype, 1/4 plate, hand-coloured
11.9 x 9.4 cm (case)
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Liljenquist Family collection, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105)
 
LL/42088

60 of 141
LL/42089
Unidentified photographer
Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with sword in front of painted backdrop showing military camp scene
1861-1865
Tintype, 1/6 plate, hand-coloured
9.3 x 8.2 cm (case)
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Liljenquist Family collection, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105)
 
LL/42089

61 of 141
LL/12827
Camille Silvy
Eugène Lejeune
1861, 21 July (probable date)
Carte de visite
 
Paul Frecker
 
LL/12827 [Further details available]

62 of 141
LL/9499
A. Jager
Fisherman With Basket
[Costumes of the Low Countries]
1860 (ca)
Cabinet card, hand-coloured
5.25 x 3.75 in (133 x 95 mm)
 
Charles Schwartz Ltd
Courtesy of Charles Schwartz (#7468)
 
LL/9499 [Further details available]

63 of 141
LL/31520
Portrait of a seated older gentleman with a Brewster style stereoscope on the table.
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#20 / 172)
 
LL/31520

64 of 141
LL/34311
Waltermire
Young lady posing in front of a decorative backdrop
1870s (ca)
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of John Toohey
 
LL/34311

65 of 141
LL/25684
Hawaiian Dining
1880s (ca)
Albumen print
6.25 x 9.25 in
 
Carl Mautz Vintage Photographs
 
LL/25684 [Further details available]

66 of 141
LL/27716
Commanche Indian portrait of a standing woman in blanket with her baby on her back
1895-1900 (ca)
Collodion print, sepia/brown
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 86)
 
LL/27716 [Further details available]

67 of 141
LL/24944
E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
Pauline Cushman (1833 to 1893), Union spy in the American Civil War
1860s (mid)
Carte de visite, albumen print
3 3/4 x 2 3/8 in (9.5 x 6 cm)
 
KaufmaNelson Vintage Photographs
 
LL/24944 [Further details available]

68 of 141
LL/16548
R L. Kelly (Hamilton)
Tinsmiths [Canada]
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Steven Evans
 
LL/16548

69 of 141
LL/15319
Gilhausen (Warsaw, Illinois)
Telegraph Linesmen with their gear
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (48 / 165)
 
LL/15319 [Further details available]

70 of 141
LL/12774
Camille Silvy
Frederick Robson in Boots at the Swan
1860
Carte de visite
 
Paul Frecker
 
LL/12774 [Further details available]

71 of 141
LL/12813
Camille Silvy
Lady Galloway and family
1860
Carte de visite
 
Paul Frecker
 
LL/12813 [Further details available]

72 of 141
LL/12825
Camille Silvy
Sir Roderick Murchison
1860, 10 October
Carte de visite
 
Paul Frecker
 
LL/12825 [Further details available]

73 of 141
LL/11981
Unidentified photographer
Nude portrait
1880 (ca)
Albumen print
5-7/8 x 7-3/4 in
 
Carl Mautz Vintage Photographs
Courtesy of Carl Mautz
 
LL/11981

74 of 141
LL/11353
Unidentified photographer
Frame maker
n.d.
Tintype, carte de visite size
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (47 / 84)
 
LL/11353 [Further details available]

75 of 141
LL/12913

Unidentified
1860s
Carte de visite
 
Paul Frecker
 
LL/12913

76 of 141
LL/12846
Camille Silvy
Misses Eleanor and Constance Williams
1862, 22 April
Carte de visite
 
Paul Frecker
 
LL/12846

77 of 141
LL/31527
G. Howard (Failsworth)
Two women playing cards
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#20 / 203)
 
LL/31527

78 of 141
LL/31399
Camille Silvy
Duchess of Cambridge
1860s (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Laurie Minor
 
LL/31399

79 of 141
LL/34310
Lewis (Lebanon, N.H.)
Young lady posing in front of a decorative backdrop
1870s (ca)
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of John Toohey
 
LL/34310

80 of 141
LL/34604
Eugen Schmid (Marburg)
Unknown costume portrait
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
 
LL/34604 [Further details available]

81 of 141
LL/30943
Mother and daughter
n.d.
Ambrotype
 
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (Skylight Gallery Catalog 27, October, 23, 2008 #34)
 
LL/30943 [Further details available]

82 of 141
LL/30942
Mother and daughter
n.d.
Ambrotype
 
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (Skylight Gallery Catalog 27, October, 23, 2008 #34)
 
LL/30942 [Further details available]

83 of 141
LL/15610
A[lexandre] Bertrand (Paris)
Portrait of a standing woman holding a folio book
n.d.
Daguerreotype, stereo, detail
 
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
Courtesy of Christopher Wahren
 
LL/15610 [Further details available]

84 of 141
LL/32294
Douglas (Edinburgh)
Newhaven Fishwife (detail)
1870 (ca)
Carte de visite, detail
 
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs - Auction (Skylight Gallery Catalog 28,April 30, 2009, #37)
 
LL/32294 [Further details available]

85 of 141
LL/32289
A woman in kimono posed in front of an elaborately painted backdrop with seaside scene
1870s (ca)
Ambrotype, kiriwood case
4 x 2.5 in (case)
 
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs - Auction (Skylight Gallery Catalog 28,April 30, 2009, #25)
 
LL/32289

86 of 141
LL/26515
T. Enami
A Farmer and his Wife
1895 (ca)
Stereoview, half, detail
 
Private collection of Rob Oechsle
 
LL/26515 [Further details available]

87 of 141
LL/2852
Pilgrim Going Up Fujiyama
n.d.
 
Barry Singer Gallery
 
LL/2852

88 of 141
LL/8507
Baron Raimund von Stillfried
Shuttlecock over Mount Fuji, Japan
1870 (ca)
Albumen print, hand-tinted
7.75 x 10.25 ins 198 x 262 mm
 
Antiq-Photo
Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com - 3jc452)
 
LL/8507

89 of 141
LL/30129
P. Klier
[Burmese lady]
1870 (ca)
Albumen print
200 x 140 mm (8 x 5.5 in)
 
Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books
Courtesy of Bernard J Shapero Rare Books
 
LL/30129

90 of 141
LL/25223
Émile Gsell
Untitled [information wanted]
[Views of Indochina]
1866-1868
Albumen print
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
Courtesy of Bassenge, Berlin (Photography, Sale: 90, Lot: 4063, Dec 5, 2007)
 
LL/25223

91 of 141
LL/10472
Wilhelm Burger
Siamese man and woman (Siam)
1860-1870
Albumen print
16 x 21 cm
 
Dennis George Crow
Courtesy of Dennis George Crow (www.dennisgeorgecrow.com)
 
LL/10472

92 of 141
LL/10475
Unidentified photographer
Studio Portrait of the Sultan Of Batjan (Dutch East Indies)
1900
Gelatin silver print
14 x 19 cm
 
Dennis George Crow
Courtesy of Dennis George Crow (www.dennisgeorgecrow.com)
 
LL/10475

93 of 141
LL/30136
Félix Bonfils
[Prince of Lebanon's Daughter]. Fille de Prince du Liban
1880 (ca)
Albumen print
70 x 220 mm (10.5 x 8.5 in)
 
Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books
Courtesy of Bernard J Shapero Rare Books
 
LL/30136 [Further details available]

94 of 141
LL/29466
A. Bertrand
Young black servant [Jeune servante noire]
1865 (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Michel Mégnin
 
LL/29466 [Further details available]

95 of 141
LL/28701
Ermé Desiré
Arab father and son in front of idyllized painted backdrop
1865 (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
 
LL/28701 [Further details available]

96 of 141
LL/34328
Two Bedouin in front of a backdrop
1860s
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of John Toohey
 
LL/34328

99 of 141
LL/35225
Eugene Jacquet
Young lady in front of a decorative background
1870s (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Michel Mégnin
 
LL/35225

100 of 141
LL/31000
Edward Anthony
Henry Wagar Halleck
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (52 / 16)
 
LL/31000 [Further details available]

101 of 141
LL/37638
Unidentified photographer
Civil War sailor, full-length studio portrait, facing front, seated in front of a painted backdrop showing nautical scene, right arm resting on table draped with an American flag
1860s
Tintype
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-12359 (color film copy transparency)
 
LL/37638

102 of 141
LL/35566
Unidentified photographer
Father and possibly son in front of a Cliff House background
1870-1880 (ca)
Tintype, 1/6 plate
 
Private collection of George C. Berticevich
 
LL/35566 [Further details available]

103 of 141
LL/35567
Unidentified photographer
Two ladies in front of a Cliff House background
1870-1880 (ca)
Tintype, 1/6 plate
 
Private collection of George C. Berticevich
 
LL/35567 [Further details available]

104 of 141
LL/35568
Unidentified photographer
Two gents in front of a Cliff House background
1896-1907
Tintype, 1/6 plate
 
Private collection of George C. Berticevich
 
LL/35568 [Further details available]

105 of 141
LL/32292
Unidentified photographer
Taking the Air at Rockaway Beach
n.d.
Tintype, 1/4 plate, detail
4.25 x 3.25 in (image)
 
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs - Auction (Skylight Gallery Catalog 28,April 30, 2009, #33)
 
LL/32292 [Further details available]

106 of 141
LL/11371
Winslow, NY
A man fishing in the studio with rod, reel and net.
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (47 / 175)
 
LL/11371

107 of 141
LL/34329
Angelo Caccia (Le Havre)
A young lady in a row boat
1850s (active from)
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of John Toohey
 
LL/34329 [Further details available]

108 of 141
LL/40998
Unidentified photographer
Two men in Stanley Steamer runabout at Niagara Falls with painted backdrop
1900
Tintype, 1/2 plate
 
Private collection of Andrew Daneman
 
LL/40998

109 of 141
LL/28228
Unidentified photographer
Up Up and Away - two top-hatted men in a mock balloon draped with flags
n.d.
Tintype
 
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
Skylight Gallery (Auction #26)
 
LL/28228 [Further details available]

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LL/40888
Nadar
Man on a Horse
1860s (ca)
Albumen print, from wet collodion negative
17.00 x 22.30 cm (6 11/16 x 8 3/4 ins) (image)
 
Cleveland Museum of Art
Gift of Robert Hershkowitz and Charles Isaacs, Accession No.: 1996.336
 
LL/40888

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LL/34440
Notman & Sandham
Mr. David's group in carriage, Montreal, QC
1880
Silver salts on paper mounted on paper - Albumen process
10 x 15 cm
 
Notman Photographic Archives, McCord Stewart Museum
© McCord Museum, Notman Archive, II-56995, Purchase from Associated Screen News Ltd.
 
LL/34440 [Further details available]

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LL/34542
Backgrounds - how to paint and arrange them
1859, 23 December
Magazine illustration
 
Google Books
 
LL/34542 [Further details available]

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LL/34543
Backgrounds - how to paint and arrange them
1859, 23 December
Magazine illustration
 
Google Books
 
LL/34543 [Further details available]

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LL/34544
Backgrounds - how to paint and arrange them
1859, 23 December
Magazine illustration
 
Google Books
 
LL/34544 [Further details available]

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LL/34545
Backgrounds - how to paint and arrange them
1860, 20 January
Magazine illustration
 
Google Books
 
LL/34545 [Further details available]

116 of 141
LL/34319
German winter landscape
1900 (ca)
Photographic backdrop
7 ft 6 in x 7 ft 10 ins
 
InstallationsAntiques
 
LL/34319 [Further details available]

117 of 141
LL/34320
German domestic interior
1900 (ca)
Photographic backdrop
 
InstallationsAntiques
 
LL/34320 [Further details available]

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LL/34321
Spring landscape
1900 (ca)
Photographic backdrop
 
InstallationsAntiques
 
LL/34321 [Further details available]

119 of 141
LL/34506
Fig. 4 Herr Schaarwachter's hanging system for backgrounds at his studio in Berlin
1882
Book illustration
 
Google Books
 
LL/34506 [Further details available]

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LL/34553
Patent No: 362,390: Morgan's Improved Multiplex Photographic Background Frame
1888, 10 February
Magazine illustration
 
Google Books
 
LL/34553 [Further details available]

121 of 141
LL/34554
Patent No: 362,390: Morgan's Improved Multiplex Photographic Background Frame (detail)
1888, 10 February
Magazine illustration
 
Google Books
 
LL/34554 [Further details available]

122 of 141
LL/34555
Patent No: 875,006. Lafayette W. Seavey: Supporting frame for photographic background.
1888, 13 January
Magazine illustration
 
Google Books
 
LL/34555 [Further details available]

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LL/35317
Caswell's Background Holder
1892
Advert
 
Google Books
 
LL/35317 [Further details available]

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LL/35318
Caswell's Background Holder
1892
Advert
 
Google Books
 
LL/35318 [Further details available]

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LL/34890
Advert for Bigelow's Revolving Background
1871
Advert
 
Google Books
 
LL/34890 [Further details available]

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LL/34891
Advert for Bigelow's Revolving Background
1871
Advert
 
Google Books
 
LL/34891 [Further details available]

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LL/38273
Downing, Rea & Rauscher
[Operating Room of 3rd Street Gallery]
1881 (ca)
Stereocard
 
California State Library
Record no: 001386795
 
LL/38273

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LL/34499
Lafayette W. Seavey
1884
Advert
 
Google Books
 
LL/34499 [Further details available]

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LL/34497
William Cargill, Photographic Material Importer
1883
Advert
 
Google Books
 
LL/34497 [Further details available]

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LL/34493
Lafayette W. Seavey, Backgrounds
1881, 10 October (advert) 1882 (publication)
Advert
 
Google Books
 
LL/34493 [Further details available]

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LL/34902
Advert for Seavey's Studio, Studio 8, Lafayette Place, New York
1881
Advert
 
Google Books
 
LL/34902 [Further details available]

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LL/35814
Seavey's Latest Improved Rembrandt & Vignette Background
1871
Advert
 
Google Books
 
LL/35814 [Further details available]

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LL/36229
Advert in Spanish for Lafayette W. Seavey [Background painter]
 

1873
Advert
 
Google Books
 
LL/36229 [Further details available]

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LL/36231
Advert in Spanish for Lafayette W. Seavey [Background painter]
1873
Advert
 
Google Books
 
LL/36231 [Further details available]

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LL/34494
W.F. Ashe's Backgrounds and Accessories
1882
Advert
 
Google Books
 
LL/34494 [Further details available]

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LL/34598
W.A. Ashe & Co.
1866
Advert
 
Google Books
 
LL/34598 [Further details available]

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LL/34322
William James Topley
Topley Studio advertisement in the Ottawa Free Press announcing the addition of four new backgrounds
1872, 7 October
Newspaper clipping
 
Library and Archives Canada
nlc-14833
 
LL/34322 [Further details available]

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LL/34384
The Secret of Colouring Photographs on Glass
1856, 17 June
Journal page
 
Google Books
 
LL/34384 [Further details available]

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LL/35221
Thomas Le Clear
Interior with Portraits
1865 (ca)
Oil on canvas
25 7/8 x 40 1/2 ins (65.7 x 102.9 cm)
 
American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Museum purchase made possible by the Pauline Edwards Bequest (1993.6)
 
LL/35221 [Further details available]

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LL/44298
Pascal Adolphe Dagnan-Bouveret (artist, 1852-1929)
Wedding Party at the Photographer's Studio [Une Noce chez le Photograohe]
1878-1879
Oil on canvas
85 x 122 cm
 
Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des beaux-arts, Lyon
Inventory no: H 715, Joconde: 000PE027838
 
LL/44298 [Further details available]

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Contents - Themes & Fragments
Actors and performers - Cartes de visite: Actors
Africa - Introduction to photography in Africa
Agricultural and pastoral - Horses
Air transportation - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Balloons
Algeria - Auguste Maure: Algeria
Algeria - Boys and girls - Photos d’identité - in colonial French Algeria
Algeria - Studio portraits in Algeria
Ambrotypes - Ambrotypes: Backgrounds
Ambrotypes - Ambrotypes: Military
Ambrotypes - Examples of ambrotypes
American Civil War (1861-1865) - Patriotic and military backgrounds for portraits during the American Civil War (1861-1865)
American Civil War (1861-1865) - Reasons for the popularity of the tintype during the American Civil War (1861-1865)
American Civil War (1861-1865) - Soldiers of the American Civil War (1861-1865)
American Civil War (1861-1865) - Spies of the American Civil War (1861-1865)
Animals - Cabinet cards: Animals
Animals - Elephants
Anthropology and ethnology - Allan Hughan: Indigenous peoples of New Caledonia
Art - How artists have portrayed lanternists, photographers and photography
Art - Introduction to painting on photographs
Australia - Aborigines
Australia - John William Lindt: Aborigines
Babies - Ethnographic portraits of babies
Babies - Introduction to babies
Back - Portrait: Parts of the body: Back: Groups
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Advertising for manufacturers and suppliers of backgrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Ambrotypes: Backgrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Background holders and supports
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Backgrounds - how to paint and arrange them (1859)
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Backgrounds used in nineteenth century photographic studios
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Backgrounds: Incongruous
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Backgrounds: Landscapes
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Backgrounds: Transportation
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Cabinet cards: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Cartes de visite: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Conclusions to backgrounds and foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Foregrounds: Windows
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Manufacturers and painters of studio backgrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Paintings showing backgrounds in use
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Patents for photographic backgrounds and foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Patriotic and military backgrounds for portraits during the American Civil War (1861-1865)
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Revolving backgrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Salt prints: Backgrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Balloons
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Boats
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Cars
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Studio painted backgrounds for daguerreotypes
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Surviving photographic backgrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Tintypes: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Water as an element in studio backgrounds and foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - William Notman: Use of the painted exterior wall of his Montreal Studio as a background
Balloons, airships and dirigibles - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Balloons
Boats, canoes and kayaks - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Boats
Cabinet cards - Cabinet cards: Animals
Cabinet cards - Cabinet cards: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Cabinet cards - Cabinet cards: Celebrities
Cabinet cards - Cabinet cards: Ethnic and traditional costumes
Cabinet cards - Cabinet cards: Introduction
Cabinet cards - Cabinet cards: Occupations and roles
Cabinet cards - Cabinet cards: Portraits
California - California: Cliff House
Calotypes - Painted calotypes
Canada - William Notman: Use of the painted exterior wall of his Montreal Studio as a background
Cars - Cars
Cars - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Cars
Cartes de visite - Camille Silvy: Carte de visite portraits
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Occupations and roles
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Storage and viewers
Celebrities - Cabinet cards: Celebrities
Characters and occupational types - Water carriers and water vendors
Charity - Charity play to benefit widows and orphans victims of the Battle of Novara
Children - Children in nineteenth century photography
Christianity - Priests, monks, bishops, pilgrims, missionaries, penitents, churchwardens and holy men
Colour - Introduction to hand-painted photographs
Colour - Photochroms
Columns, plinths and pedestals - Props, accessories and novelties: Columns, plinths and pedestals
Composition - Backgrounds: Transportation
Composition - Foregrounds: Windows
Composition - Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds
Composition - Studio painted backgrounds for daguerreotypes
Daguerreotypes - Daguerreotypes: Portraits
Daguerreotypes - Stereo daguerreotypes
Daguerreotypes - Studio painted backgrounds for daguerreotypes
Domesticated animals - Horses
Egypt - Hippolyte Arnoux: Egypt: Portraits
Ethnic and traditional costumes - Cabinet cards: Ethnic and traditional costumes
Ethnic and traditional costumes - Félix Bonfils: Portraits
Ethnic and traditional costumes - Jager (publisher): Costumes of the Low Countries
Experimental and manipulated photography - Introduction to painting on photographs
Exteriors of photographic studios - William Notman: Use of the painted exterior wall of his Montreal Studio as a background
Fabricated realities - Backgrounds: Incongruous
Fabricated realities - Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds
Fabricated realities - Introduction to fabricated realities
Fakes, forgeries, tricks and deceptions - Tintypes: Multiple exposures
Guns - Hunters with their guns
Hair - Parts of the body: Hair
Hand-painted photographs - Introduction to hand-painted photographs
Hand-painted photographs - Painted salt prints
History of photography - Process and product
Interiors of photographic studios - Backgrounds used in nineteenth century photographic studios
Interiors of photographic studios - Illustrations of the interiors of nineteenth century photographic shops and studios
Interiors of photographic studios - Photographs of the interiors of photographic shops and studios
Italian Risorgimento (1849-1871) - Charity play to benefit widows and orphans victims of the Battle of Novara
Japan - Baron Raimund von Stillfried: Japan: Portraits
Japan - Introduction to photography in Japan
Japan - Japan: Mt. Fuji
Japan - Japan: Mt. Fuji as a background motif
Japan - Japanese
Japan - Japanese men with tattoos
Japan - Sumo wrestlers
Japan - T. Enami: A Japanese Farmer and his Wife
Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days - Baron Raimund von Stillfried: Japan: Portraits
Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days - Introduction to photography in Japan
Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days - Japanese
Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days - Japanese men with tattoos
Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days - Orientalism
Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days - Sumo wrestlers
Land transportation - Cars
Land transportation - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Cars
Land transportation - Wagons, carts, carriages and buggies
Leisure - Leisure: Playing cards
Leisure - Tintypes: Leisure
Military - Ambrotypes: Military
Military - Introduction to military portraits
Military - Reasons for the popularity of the tintype during the American Civil War (1861-1865)
Military - Soldiers of the American Civil War (1861-1865)
Military - Tintypes: Military
Mt. Fuji - Japan: Mt. Fuji
Mt. Fuji - Japan: Mt. Fuji as a background motif
Multiple exposures - Tintypes: Multiple exposures
Myanmar - Burmese
Myanmar - Introduction to photography in Burma
Myanmar - P. Klier: Burma - Portraits
Netherlands - Jager (publisher): Costumes of the Low Countries
New Caledonia - Allan Hughan: Indigenous peoples of New Caledonia
New York - Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls - Niagara Falls
Non-canonical photography - Non-canonical examples
Occupational - Cabinet cards: Occupations and roles
Occupational - Carpenters, cabinet makers and wheelwrights
Occupational - Cartes de visite: Occupations and roles
Occupational - Priests, monks, bishops, pilgrims, missionaries, penitents, churchwardens and holy men
Occupational - Sailors
Occupational - Water carriers and water vendors
Occupations and roles - Cabinet cards: Occupations and roles
Occupations and roles - Cartes de visite: Occupations and roles
Occupations and roles - Postmen and mail carriers
Occupations and roles - Tintypes: Occupationals
Occupations and roles - Water carriers and water vendors
Oceania - Allan Hughan: Indigenous peoples of New Caledonia
Opera singers - Heinrich Vogl (1845-1900)
Orientalism - Orientalism
Painting on photographs - Introduction to painting on photographs
Painting on photographs - Painted salt prints
Patents - Patent illustrations
Patents - Patents for photographic backgrounds and foregrounds
Patriotism - Flags
Peoples of the world - Aborigines
Peoples of the world - Arabs
Peoples of the world - Cabinet cards: Ethnic and traditional costumes
Peoples of the world - Japanese
Peoples of the world - John William Lindt: Aborigines
Peoples of the world - People of the world
Peoples of the world - Zulus
Photo-mechanical processes - Photochroms
Photo-mechanical processes - Woodburytypes
Photochromes - Photochroms - Photochroms
Photograph frames and easels - Frame makers and sellers
Photograph frames and easels - Photograph frames
Photograph frames and easels - Photograph frames, easels, framing supplies and framers
Photographers - How artists have portrayed lanternists, photographers and photography
Photographers - Photographs of people taking photographs
Photographic studios - Illustrations of the interiors of nineteenth century photographic shops and studios
Photographic studios - Photographs of the interiors of photographic shops and studios
Photographing celebrities - Cabinet cards: Celebrities
Photography assimilated into popular culture - How artists have portrayed lanternists, photographers and photography
Portrait - Cabinet cards: Celebrities
Portrait - Cabinet cards: Portraits
Portrait - Camille Silvy: Carte de visite portraits
Portrait - Early stylistic choices with portraiture
Process and product - Process and product
Props - Introduction to studio properties, accessories and novelties
Props - Props, accessories and novelties: Columns, plinths and pedestals
Props - Props, accessories and novelties: Rocks, boulders and stones
Props - Props, accessories and novelties: Rustic fences, gates, trees and stumps
Props - Props, accessories and novelties: Tables
Reflectors - Reflectors
Retouching, colouring and painting kits - Introduction to painting on photographs
Rustic fences, gates, trees and stumps - Props, accessories and novelties: Rustic fences, gates, trees and stumps
Salt prints - Painted salt prints
Salt prints - Salt prints: Backgrounds
Social life of photographs - Photograph frames
South Africa - Zulus
Sports - Cricket
Sports and pastimes - Leisure: Playing cards
Stereoviews, stereographs and stereocards - Stereo daguerreotypes
Storage and display - Photograph frames
Studio lighting - Reflectors
Studio necessities - Backgrounds used in nineteenth century photographic studios
Studio necessities - Introduction to studio necessities
Tableau vivant - Introduction to tableaux vivants
Tables - Props, accessories and novelties: Tables
Techniques - Process and product
Thailand - Siamese
Thailand - Wilhelm Burger: Siam
Tintypes - Reasons for the popularity of the tintype during the American Civil War (1861-1865)
Tintypes - Tintypes: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Tintypes - Tintypes: Examples
Tintypes - Tintypes: Leisure
Tintypes - Tintypes: Military
Tintypes - Tintypes: Multiple exposures
Tintypes - Tintypes: Occupationals
Tintypes - Tintypes: Photographers
Tintypes - Tintypes: Photographica
Transportation - Backgrounds: Transportation
Vegetables - T. Enami: A Japanese Farmer and his Wife
Vietnam - Émile Gsell: Peoples and views of Indochina
Vietnam - Vietnamese
Wagon trains - Wagons, carts, carriages and buggies
Wagons, carts, carriages and buggies - Wagons, carts, carriages and buggies
Water and waterfalls - Niagara Falls
Water and waterfalls - Water as an element in studio backgrounds and foregrounds
Water transportation - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Boats
Woodburytypes - Woodburytypes

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