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G.F. Cruchley (publisher), 1848, Cruchley's New Plan of London Shewing all the new and intended improvements to the Present Time, Map, Creative Commons - Wikipedia, LL/46343
Unidentified photographer (Germany), 1848, Medical Dr Bernhard Georg Eschenburg (born 1811) with his sons Friedrich Bernhard (1843-1932) and Johann Georg (1844-1936), Daguerreotype, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe / MKG, LL/126221
Unidentified photographer / George Wilson Bridges, 1848, View of Athens - from the Eastern base of the Acropolis 1848. From an original Photograph by the Rev. Bridges. 1848, Daguerreotype, National Science and Media Museum, LL/67639
Unidentified photographer (probably after William Edward Kilburn), 1848 (taken) 1860s (print), Jenny Lind, Albumen print, on card mount, National Portrait Gallery - NPG, LL/113853
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1848, Title page for "Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol.II" by John L. Stephens (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1848), Title page, Google Books, LL/35190
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1848, Chunjuju, Book illustration, Google Books, LL/35191
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1848, Izamal, Gigantic Head, Book illustration, Google Books, LL/35192
Charles-François Thibault, 1848, The Barricade in rue Saint-Maur-Popincourt before the attack by General Lamoricière's troops, 7:30 AM, Sunday 25 June 1848, Wood engraving, from a daguerreotype, Archive Farms, LL/112665
Charles-François Thibault, 1848, The Barricade in rue Saint-Maur-Popincourt after the attack by General Lamoricière's troops, Monday 26 June 1848, Wood engraving, from a daguerreotype, Archive Farms, LL/112666
J.A. Whipple, 1848, Daguerreotype Miniatures: John A. Whipple, 96 Washington Street, Book page, Google Books, LL/35021
Samuel Topham (Leeds), 1848, James W.C. Pennington, Engraving, Google Books, LL/35256
Unidentified photographer, 1848, Swansea and the Harbour, From a Daguerreotype, Engraving, from a daguerreotype, Archive Farms, LL/112637
Unidentified photographer / Unidentified engraver, 1848, Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, Engraving, based on a daguerreotype, Archive Farms, LL/112638
W. H. Durang (303 Broadway N.Y.), 1848, Sheet music for "The Forgotten One, a Ballad" with a portrait of a young girl "From a Daguerreotype by W. H. Durang, 303 Broadway N.Y.", Sheet music, Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus, LL/90677
W. H. Durang (303 Broadway N.Y.), 1848, Sheet music for "The Forgotten One, a Ballad" with a portrait of a young girl "From a Daguerreotype by W. H. Durang, 303 Broadway N.Y." (detail), Sheet music, detail, Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus, LL/90678