The Microscope
1853 (ca)
Collodion negative
15.24 cm x 12.7 cm
Swansea Museum, Library
Swansea Museum, Library (SWASM:SM1987.845.53)
LL/7477 [Further details available]
1 of 67
Portrait of John Dillwyn Llewelyn
1853-1854 (ca)
Collodion negatve / calotype print
Private collection of Noel Chanan
LL/36502 [Further details available]
2 of 67
Microphotographic Camera
1871
Albumen print, mounted on cardboard
Albertina
© Albertina, Vienna - On permanent loan from the Austrian Federal Education and Research Institute for Graphics
LL/42238 [Further details available]
3 of 67
Lace
[Album di disegni fotogenici - The Bertoloni Album, Leaf 13 Recto]
1839
Photogenic drawing, solar microscope
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1936 (36.37.3)
LL/40625 [Further details available]
4 of 67
Lace (enlarged detail)
[Album di disegni fotogenici - The Bertoloni Album, Leaf 13 Recto]
1839
Photogenic drawing, solar microscope, detail
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1936 (36.37.3)
LL/40626 [Further details available]
5 of 67
Photomicrograph of Moth Wings
1840 (ca)
Calotype negative
National Science and Media Museum
LL/36343
6 of 67
Photomicrograph of a crystal - study of polarized light
1851 (ca)
Albumenized paper print
2 7/16 x 2 7/17 ins (6.2 x 6.2 cm)
National Science and Media Museum
W.H.F. Talbot Collection
LL/45411 [Further details available]
7 of 67
Photomicrograph of interference patterns - study of polarized light through crystals
1851 (ca)
Albumenized paper print
1 25/32 x 2 5/16 ins (4.5 x 5.9 cm)
National Science and Media Museum
W.H.F. Talbot Collection
LL/45412 [Further details available]
8 of 67
Photomicrograph of three crystals - study of polarized light
1840 (ca)
Calotype negative
2 13/32 x 2 7/32 ins (6.1 x 5.6 cm)
National Science and Media Museum
W.H.F. Talbot Collection, 1937-2512, Schaaf 1477
LL/45413 [Further details available]
9 of 67
Photomicrograph of interference pattern - study of polarized light through crystals
1851 (ca)
Albumenized paper print
2 5/16 x 2 5/16 ins (5.9 x 5.9 cm)
National Science and Media Museum
W.H.F. Talbot Collection, 1937-2511/1, Schaaf 5055
LL/45414 [Further details available]
10 of 67
Photomicrograph of Frog Blood
1844
Daguerreotype
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Kenneth E. Behring Center, Division of Information Technology and Communications, Photographic History Collection, Image ID AF 201
LL/38103
11 of 67
Cross section of a clematis stem
1840, 4 March
Daguerreotype, whole plate
Albertina
LL/36186 [Further details available]
12 of 67
Photomicrograph of a Fly's Proboscis
1850
Daguerreotype
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Behring Center, Division of Information Technology and Communications, Photographic History Collection, Image No. AFS 203
LL/36183 [Further details available]
13 of 67
Male Itch Mite
1853-1857 (ca)
Salt print
SFMOMA - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
© San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Members of Foto Forum
LL/36344
14 of 67
Antennes du Moucheron Volucelle (gross 4000 fois)
1855
Salt print
15 x 15 cm
Bassenge Photography Auctions
Courtesy of Bassenge, Berlin (Photography, Sale: 90, Lot: 4023, Dec 5, 2007)
LL/25209 [Further details available]
15 of 67
Bois du pin sylvestre (coupe horizontale). Gross. 1600 fs.
1857
Salt print
Daniella Dangoor
LL/36535
16 of 67
Photomicrograph of Algae
1856
Daguerreotype
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Behring Center, Division of Information Technology and Communications, Photographic History Collection, Image No. AFS 146
LL/36187
17 of 67
Blood corpuscles of the frog
[Donné "Atlas", fig. 8]
n.d.
Daguerreotype, photomicrograph
Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Library, London (M0011457, Museum No. 7/1950)
LL/36721
18 of 67
Blood corpuscles of a frog
1844
Daguerreotype, photomicrograph
12.8 x 9.4 cm
Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Library, London (L0015258, Library reference no.: Iconographic Collection 578807i)
LL/36722
19 of 67
Rouleaux of blood corpuscles
n.d.
Daguerreotype, photomicrograph
Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Library, London (L0015259, Iconographic Collections)
LL/36723
20 of 67
Brewer's Yeast
1844
Daguerreotype
9.5 x 12.7 cm (3 3/4 x 5 ins)
Société Française de Photographie
LL/38280 [Further details available]
21 of 67
[Microscopic view on an insect]
1853 (ca)
Albumen silver print
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rogers Fund, 1918 (18.17.1.217)
LL/36173 [Further details available]
22 of 67
Fig.40 - thin disc of cow's milk. The 120th of an inch in diameter, magnified 400 times in its linear and 160000 times in its superficial dimensions.
1855
Book page
Google Books
LL/35181 [Further details available]
23 of 67
The Lord's Prayer - Containing 268 letters in a space the one thousand part of a square inch. and almost invisible by the naked eye. Made by W. F. Langenheim, Philadelphia
n.d.
Photomicrograph, slide
Private collection of Herbert C. McKay
LL/48546 [Further details available]
24 of 67
The Lord's Prayer - Containing 268 letters in a space the one thousand part of a square inch. and almost invisible by the naked eye. Made by W. F. Langenheim, Philadelphia
n.d.
Photomicrograph, slide, enlarged
Private collection of Herbert C. McKay
LL/48547 [Further details available]
25 of 67
Photograph. We Praise Thee O Lord Painted by Barraud. 8. A. Reeves, Photo.
n.d.
Microscope slide
Private collection of Professor Brian Stevenson, Ph.D.
Original photograph provided by Reg Porter.
LL/36905 [Further details available]
26 of 67
The Kings and Queens of England, From the Conquest to Queen Victoria
1862, 31 May
Advertisement
Private collection of Professor Brian Stevenson, Ph.D.
LL/44292 [Further details available]
27 of 67
The Kings and Queens of England, From the Conquest to Queen Victoria
1862
Carte de visite
Private collection of Professor Brian Stevenson, Ph.D.
LL/44291 [Further details available]
28 of 67
Photograph. The Kings & Queens of England, From the Conquest to Queen Victoria. Contains 85 Portraits. A.R.
n.d.
Microscope slide
Private collection of Professor Brian Stevenson, Ph.D.
Original photographs courtesy of David Evans.
LL/36906 [Further details available]
29 of 67
Examples of microphotograph slides by J.C. Stovin.
1858-1862
Microphotograph slides
Private collection of Professor Brian Stevenson, Ph.D.
LL/44286 [Further details available]
30 of 67
Two microphotographs with titles that match descriptions of full-sized photographs displayed by Stovin at the 1862 London Exposition
1862 (exhibited)
Microphotograph slides
Private collection of Professor Brian Stevenson, Ph.D.
LL/44288 [Further details available]
31 of 67
Examples of Stovin's microphotographs
1858-1862
Microphotograph slides
Private collection of Professor Brian Stevenson, Ph.D.
LL/44287 [Further details available]
32 of 67
Her Majesty the Queen (Victoria)
1858-1862
Microphotograph slide
Private collection of Professor Brian Stevenson, Ph.D.
LL/44294
33 of 67
His Royal Highness Prince Albert
1858-1862
Microphotograph slides
Private collection of Professor Brian Stevenson, Ph.D.
LL/44295 [Further details available]
34 of 67
The Micrograph
n.d.
Viewer for micrographs
Interencheres - La Gallerie de Chartes
Collection Henry Koilski (Galerie de Chartres, Auction, 9 October 2011, Lot: 727)
LL/44272 [Further details available]
35 of 67
Photomicrograph of "The Declaration of Independence"
n.d.
Google Books
LL/39651 [Further details available]
36 of 67
Photomicrograph of a flea
1865 (ca)
Albumen print
19.8 x 15.0 cm
George Eastman Museum
Record Id: 1977:0638:0015
LL/35658
37 of 67
Three Mites
1863 (ca)
Albumen print
National Science and Media Museum
The Royal Photographic Society, Ref Number: 2003-5001/2/23760/1
LL/41844
38 of 67
Photomicrograph of a Fly
1865 (ca)
Albertina
LL/36345
39 of 67
Photomicrograph of a Flea
1863-1864
Albumen print
National Science and Media Museum
© Royal Photographic Society Collection, National Media Museum, Bradford, UK, purchased with the assistance of the Art Fund
LL/36346
40 of 67
Photo-micrographs
1866
Book plate
Google Books
LL/36553 [Further details available]
41 of 67
Diatomées groupées
1869
Heliogravure
Google Books
LL/36349 [Further details available]
42 of 67
Eye of Indian Gad fly. Magnified 100 diameters
1870
Albumen print
Private collection of Brad Feuerhelm
LL/20636
43 of 67
Small Artery and Capillaries from Lung of Frog
[Report to the Surgeon General of the United States Army on an improved Method of Photographing Histological Preparations by Sunlight" - Issued by the U.S. War Department Surgeon General's Office - Plate No. 2 (of 9).]
1871 (ca)
Albumen print, photo-micrograph
6 x 6 in (16x16 cm)
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (hb72.365)
LL/13885 [Further details available]
44 of 67
1880
Book illustration
Google Books
LL/35802 [Further details available]
45 of 67
Proboscis of Fly
1881
Woodburytype, magazine illustration
Google Books
LL/35789 [Further details available]
46 of 67
Microscopes slide of "Sponge Spicules" (left) and "Pulex Iritans (sic) - Flea" (right) with signatures
n.d.
Microscope slides
Private collection of Professor Brian Stevenson, Ph.D.
LL/36900 [Further details available]
47 of 67
Microscopes slide of "Sponge Spicules" (left), "Tooth of Shark" (center) and "Pulex Iritans (sic) - Flea" (right) with signatures
n.d.
Microscope slides
Private collection of Professor Brian Stevenson, Ph.D.
LL/36903 [Further details available]
48 of 67
Spine of Echinus (title incomplete)
1914 (album)
Photomicrograph, on album page
George Eastman Museum
1973:0250:0042a.
LL/36554 [Further details available]
49 of 67
Spine of Echinus (title incomplete)
1914 (album)
Photomicrograph
George Eastman Museum
1973:0250:0042a.
LL/36555 [Further details available]
50 of 67
Photomicrograph
1914 (album)
Photomicrograph, on album page
George Eastman Museum
GEH#1973:0250:0042b
LL/36556 [Further details available]
51 of 67
Photomicrograph
1914 (album)
Photomicrograph
George Eastman Museum
GEH#1973:0250:0042b
LL/36557 [Further details available]
52 of 67
Fr: Sec: Spine of Echinus x. 40
1887 (ca)
Platinum print
4 3/4 x 4 11/16 ins (12.1 x 11.9 cm) (image) 13 5/8 x 10 5/16 ins (34.6 x 26.2 cm) (mount)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1973, 1973-197-65
LL/40656 [Further details available]
53 of 67
1887
Book illustration
Google Books
LL/35795 [Further details available]
54 of 67
1887
Book illustration
Google Books
LL/35794 [Further details available]
55 of 67
Microphotograph of a tick
1890 (ca)
Cyanotype
2.75 x 3 ins
Archive Farms
LL/38883
56 of 67
Snowcrystal
1895 (ca)
Albumen print
3 x 4 in (7.5 x 10 cm)
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Dec 7, 2006, #2097, Lot 372)
LL/15996
57 of 67
Snowflake Study
1890
Albumen print
3 x 3 ins
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Image No. RU 31 Box 12 Folder 17
LL/36377 [Further details available]
58 of 67
Snow crystals and ice structures
1892-1893
Gelatin silver print
16.7 x 10,8 cm
Feroz Gallery
LL/44924 [Further details available]
59 of 67
Snow crystals and ice structures
1892-1893
Gelatin silver print
16.2 x 10.6 cm
Feroz Gallery
LL/44926 [Further details available]
60 of 67
Snow crystals and ice structures
1892-1893
Gelatin silver print
10.5 c 16.2 cm
Feroz Gallery
LL/44927 [Further details available]
61 of 67
1905 (publication) 1896 (copyright)
Book illustration
This work is out of copyright
LL/35104 [Further details available]
62 of 67
Wing of a Gnat, Magnified 40 Times
1900 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
3 in (7.62 cm) x 6 in (15.24 cm)
Robert Tat Gallery
Courtesy of Robert Tat Fine Photographs (www.roberttat.com - #1339)
LL/8955
63 of 67
Hairs on wing of a fly x 450
1900 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
National Science and Media Museum
The Royal Photographic Society, Ref Number: 2003-5001/2/20192
LL/41852
64 of 67
Micrographie
1929 (ca)
Tirage argentique
22 x 28 cm
Photo Verdeau
LL/7990
65 of 67
Stinging Nettle - Urtica - Stinging hairs (Urbild der Abwehr)
1933
Gelatin silver print, Microphotograph 35:1
24 x 18.5 cm
Carl-Strüwe-Archiv
© Carl-Struwe-Archiv, Bielefeld, Germany (STR-1-097)
LL/27587
66 of 67
Frangelico, Sweet Italian, Hazelnut Liqueur
[Microscopic wine crystals]
1979
13 x 19 3/8
Barry Singer Gallery
LL/2865
67 of 67
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