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Francis Frith, 1857 (ca), The Ramasseum of El-Kurneh, Thebes, First View, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/78341
Edouard Manet, 1873, Le chemin de fer [Die Eisenbahn], Oil painting, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/40743
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Sebastopol, View of Harbor, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76801
James Tyler, 1855 (ca), Our Pastor's Circle, Daguerreotypes, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/77650
Unidentified photographer (America), 1860s, Portrait of Telegraphers, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128261
Unidentified photographer, 1941-1945, Robert Frank, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130077
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of Three Young Men, Ambrotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117820
W.E. Huber (American, active 1860s), 1860s, Portrait of a Knife Sharpener, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128262
Alexander Gardner, 1863, July, A Sharpshooter's Last Sleep, [Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 40], Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117825
Roger Fenton / Dr. Hugh Welch Diamond, 1855 (ca), Roger Fenton, Salted paper print, from collodion glass negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76756
American 20th Century (artist), 1960 (ca), The Photographer's Studio, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128299
Maria Harriet Elizabeth Cator, 1866-1877, Untitled Page From the Cator Album, [Cator Family Album], Collage of watercolor and albumen silver prints, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/35057
Alexander Svoboda, 1866, Gigantic Head Cut in the Solid Rock, Lately Discovered near Smyrna at the Entrance of a Cave, [The Seven Churches of Asia], Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/123832
Unidentified photographer (America), 1850s, A. H. Goldon, Daguerreotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128252
Joseph R. Tewksbury, 1890 (ca.), Portrait of a Blacksmith, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132389
Édouard Baldus, 1861 (or later), Toulon, Gare (Toulon, Train Station), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117734
Garrett's (artist, American), 1866 (ca), Portrait of a Fireman, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128266
Wolff's Gallery (artist, American, active 1860s), 1863 (ca), Portrait of a First Lieutenant, Infantry, Salted paper print, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117751
Joseph Wright (British, 1734 - 1797), 1782-1784, The Corinthian Maid, Oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/93374
David Brokaw, 1852, Theological Graduate School of Oberlin College, including John Mercer Langston, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132413
Gustave Le Gray, 1856-1858, The Pont du Carrousel, Paris: View to the West from the Pont des Arts, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92653
Felice Beato, 1860, Interior of Pehtang Fort Showing the Magazine and Wooden Gun, August 1, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76821
Charles Marville, 1864-1867, February (before), Rue Saint-Jacques, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92667
Eadweard Muybridge, 1878, Edgington, Collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54873
Detroit Photographic Co., 1899 (published), Orange Packing at Redlands, Photo-chromolithograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117813
Robert Frank, 1955-1956 (ca), Group going to church--Los Angeles, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130102
Henry P. Bosse, 1889, From Bluffs at Merrimac, Minn. Looking Downstream, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76739
Charles Marville, 1858-1860, Grotto in the Bois de Boulogne, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92661
Henry P. Bosse, 1885, C.M. & St. P. RR Bridge at Sabula, Ia., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76732
Felice Beato, 1860, View of the Summer Palace Yuen Min Yuen, Pekin, Showing the Pagoda Before the Burning, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76832
Unidentified photographer (British), 1850 (ca), Portrait of a Child, Daguerreotype, with applied colour, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/126106
Felice Beato, 1860, The Great Imperial Palace Yuen Min Yuen, Pekin, Before the Burning, October 18, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76815
Roger Fenton, 1855 (taken) 1856 (print), Cemetery, Cathcart's Hill, Salted paper print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76755
Antonio Shindler, 1868, Alexander Gardner, William Henry Jackson, and Antonio Zeno Shindler with Pueblo delegates Alejandro Padilla, Governor of Isleta, and Ambrosio Abeita, Ex-Governor of Isleta, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117769
Unidentified photographer (American 19th century), 1845 (ca.), Samuel Morse Felton Steam Engine and Crew, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132407
Eadweard Muybridge, 1887, Plate Number 733. Elephant walking, Collotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117781
Unidentified photographer (American 19th century), 1860 (ca.), Portrait of a Woman with Sewing Machine, Ambrotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132401
Linnaeus Tripe, 1852-1854, Quarterdeck of HMS "Impregnable", Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/59084
Eadweard Muybridge, 1875 (taken) 1877 (published), Setting out a Coffee Plantation at Antigua de Guatemala, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92687
John Murray, 1858-1862 (ca), Nynee Tall from South End, Paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117744
Alex V. Olszewsky (artist, American), 1860s, Wicker chair, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128263
Robert Frank, 1955, Street scene--Houston, Texas, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130107
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, View of Street with Soldiers, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76804
Unidentified photographer (American 19th century), 1850s, Portrait of a Sleeping Cat, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132406
Unidentified photographer / Unidentified maker, 1918 (ca), Portrait of a U.S. Army Musician, Celluloid photo button, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132383
Roger Fenton, 1852, Moscow, Domes of Churches in the Kremlin, Salted paper print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76754
Alex V. Olszewsky (artist, American), 1860s, Portrait of a Wicker Chair Maker, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128258
Robert Frank, 1951, Melvin Tocker, 6 AM, [People You Don't See], Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130091
Armour & Co. (artist, American), 1904 (ca), Portrait of Electric Light Installers, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128300
2015, Radiographs of Edgar Degas wax sculptures, X-ray, composite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76288
Taylor (artist, American), 1900 (ca), Portrait of a Weaving Mill Woman, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128289
Unidentified photographer, 1850s, Portrait of a Family, Salted paper print, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117741
Henry F. Post (artist, American, born c. 1840), 1896 (ca), "Dominic Parsons Hunting for Fossils", Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128297
A-Cheong (artist, Chinese, Hong Kong, active 1900s-1910s), 1901-1904, Portrait of a Sailor, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128294
Manville & Schroder (Greenbay, Wisconsin), 1864 (ca), Portrait of a Native American Woman, Carte de visite, painted, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130896
Jacob Byerly (Frederick, Maryland), 1863 (ca), Portrait of a Woman with a Wash Tub, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132167
Linnaeus Tripe, 1855, 20-24 August or 23 October, Pugahm Myo: Carved Doorway in Courtyard of Shwe Zeegong Pagoda,, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/59086
David Brokaw, 1853, Oberlin College Graduates, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132403
American 20th Century (artist), 1918 (ca), Portrait of a Soldier, Celluloid photo button, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128295
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Panorama of Sebastopol No. 1, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76794
Giorgio Sommer, 1873, Impronte Umane, Pompei (Human Cast, Pompeii), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117809
Felice Beato, 1860, Exterior of the Tomb Depot Near Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76814
Carleton E. Watkins, 1861, River View of the Royal Arches, Yosemite, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92699
G.T. Putnam, 1875 (ca), Backmark for "Putnam, Smith Block, Barre, Mass.", Carte de visite, back, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128271
Alfred Stieglitz, 1923, Laundry, Lake George [version], Photograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132171
Jacob D. Byerly, 1855 (ca), Frederick, Maryland, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128253
Asahel Curtis, 1910, The King of the Seas in the Hands of the Makahs, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117797
Felice Beato, 1860, Bridge of Palichian Near Pekin, the Scene of the Fight with Imperial Chinese Troops, September 21, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76808
Eadweard Muybridge, 1887, Plate Number 758. Cockatoo flying, Collotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117782
Charles Le Morvan (French, 1865 - 1933), 1904, Carte photographique de la lune, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117792
Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1865 (taken) 1866 (published), High Bridge, Crossing the Appomattox, near Farmville, on South Side Railroad, Virginia, [Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War], Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117831
Felice Beato, 1860, Part of the Entrance to the Lama Temple Near Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76823
Henry P. Bosse, 1891, From Foot of Robinson's Rock Looking Upstream, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76746
Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1871, Wall in the Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117830
Felice Beato, 1860, October, Architectural View of the Lama Temple Near Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76807
Henry P. Bosse, 1885, Guard Rock, Des Moines Rapids Canal L.W., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76734
Charles Amedee Philippe Van Loo (French, 1719-1795), 1764, The Camera Obscura, OIl on canvas, framed, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/73651
William Robert Baker, 1850, Nether Hall, Waxed-paper negative with brown and black ink, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130437
Unidentified photographer, 1880s, Baby, Tintype, hand-coloured, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54871
Robert Frank, 1955-1956 (ca), Highway overpasses--Los Angeles, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130103
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Remains of Stone Buildings, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76795
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Sebastopol, From Left Attack, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76800
Robert Frank, 1955, Man shopping--Los Angeles, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130105
Eadweard Muybridge, 1877, Moonlight Effect-Bay of Panama, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54893
Désiré Charnay, 1863, Les Femmes Malgaches (Plate 28), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117763
Alex V. Olszewsky (Artist, American, active 1855-1865), 1860s, Wicker Chairs, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132395
Felice Beato, 1860, Temple of Confucius, Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76827
2015, Radiograph of a wax sculpture by Edgar Degas, X-ray, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76289
Giorgio Sommer, 1870 (ca), Casa di Marco Lucrezio, Pompei (House of Marco Lucrezio, Pompeii), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117806
Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, 1890s, Sunshine and Shadow, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117827
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Hutted Camp with Balaclava Harbor in Distance, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76790
Robert Frank, 1955-1956 (ca), Buildings and billboard--Beverly Hills, California, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130096
Henry P. Bosse, 1891, Construction of Rock and Brush Dam, L.W. 1891, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76743
Robert Frank, 1951, Nuns crossing street, Paris, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130092
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of a Woman Washing Dishes, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132397
A. Cheong (Hong Kong), 1890s, A sailor from 'USS Monadnock', Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/131414
Alfred Stieglitz, 1921, Georgia O'Keeffe-Hands and Grapes, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/103604
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of a Civil War Soldier, Ambrotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117757
Robert Frank, 1941-1945, Zurich telephone directory--40 Fotos, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130078
Édouard Baldus, 1855 (ca), Théâtre Romain à Arles (Roman Theater in Arles), Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117727
Detroit Photographic Co., 1900 (published), A Monday Washing, New York City, Photo-chromolithograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117807
Robert Macpherson, 1861, The Templum Minerva Medica and the Surrounding Area, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/78344
Felice Beato, 1860, Rear of the North Fort After Its Capture, Showing the Retreat of the Chinese Army, August 21, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76824
Unidentified photographer (Great Britain), 1848, John Ashworth, Edmund Ashworth, Edmund Ashworth, Jr., Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/131392
Felice Beato, 1860, Entrance to the Winter Palace, Pekin, October 29, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76811
Felice Beato, 1860, Entrance to the Five Genii Temple, Canton, April 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76809
Eadweard Muybridge, 1879, Studies of Foreshortenings. Horses. Walking. Mahomet. Nos. 119-120, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117777
Charles Amedee Philippe Van Loo (French, 1719-1795), 1764, The Camera Obscura (detail), OIl on canvas, detail, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54475
Eadweard Muybridge, 1875 (taken) 1877 (published), Ruins of the Church of Santo Domingo-Panama, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92686
John Moran, 1863, Broadhead's Creek, Delaware Water Gap, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/74378
Alex V. Olszewsky (Artist, American, active 1855-1865), 1860s, Wicker Chair, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132392
Eadweard Muybridge, 1887, Animal Locomotion, Plate 521. A: Walking. B: Ascending step. C. Throwing disk. D: Using shovel. E, F. Using pick, Collotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54899
Robert Frank, 1956, Coffee shop--Butte, Montana, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130111
Linnaeus Tripe, 1858, January-February, Madura: The Vygay River, with Causeway, across to Madura, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/59085
Henry P. Bosse, 1885, Ponton Bridge at Read's Landing, Minn., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76735
Charles Marville, 1853, The Virtues Crushing the Vices, Strasbourg Cathedral, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92658
Henry Fox Talbot, 1839-1844, Lace, Photogenic drawing negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76759
Eadweard Muybridge, 1887, Animal Locomotion, Plate 340, Collotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54898
Louis de Clercq, 1859-1860, Kalaat-El Hosn, deuxième enceinte, extérieur, midi, Albumen print, from waxed paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54881
J.R. Tewksbury, 1890 (ca), Portrait of a Blacksmith, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128275
Asahel Curtis, 1910, Indian Whalers Stripping Their Prey at Neah Bay, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117796
James W. Williams, 1860 (ca), Portrait of a Man, Salted paper print, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117746
Viscountess Jocelyn (British, 1820-1880), 1862 (ca), Interior of Room, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92679
William H. Bell, 1872, Rain Sculpture, Salt Creek Canon, Utah, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117821
Carleton E. Watkins, 1868-1869, Sugar Loaf Island, Farallons, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92691
American 20th Century (artist), 1920 (ca), Portrait of Three Children, Celluloid photo button, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128296
Alfred Stieglitz, 1894 (taken) 1895-1896 (print), A Venetian Well, Platinum print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/120911
Charles Marville, 1864-1870, Hôtel de la Marine, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92657
Warren De la Rue, 1858-1859 (taken) 1862 (print), Full Moon, Stereoscopic glass transparency, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117747
Felice Beato, 1860, The Great Pagoda in the Imperial Winter Palace, Pekin, October 29, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76817
Louis de Clercq, 1859, Kalaat-El-Hosn, Deuxième Enciente, Extérieur, Tour d'Angle, sud-ouest, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54879
Charles Marville, 1853, The Seine from the Pont du Carrousel Looking towards Notre Dame, Salted paper print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92664
Juan Laurent, 1874, Madrid…752…Vista general interior de la nueva plaza de toros, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130261
Eadweard Muybridge, 1877, Ruins of the Church of San Miguel, Panama, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54895
Alex V. Olszewsky (artist, American), 1860s, Wicker chair, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128264
Unidentified photographer (America), 1851 (ca), Millie Craig and Frederick H. Healey, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128251
Charles Marville, 1856, Statue of Clovis, Church of Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92668
Charles Nègre, 1859, Borée enlevant Orythie, jardin des Tuileries. Paris 1er, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/67053
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843 (ca), Trees and Reflections, Lacock Abbey, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92648
Laura F. Weeks, 1899 (ca.), Portrait of an Advertising Woman with Leather Products, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132386
Peter M. Puhl (artist, American, 1849-1924), 1900, Coal Delivery Boys, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128288
Hill & Adamson, 1845, The Three Sleepers: Sophia Finlay, Harriet Farnie and Brownie, Salted paper print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76777
Max Wolf and Joh. Palisa, 1901, 15 October, Photographische Sternkarten, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117790
John Moran, 1863 (ca), The Wissahickon Creek near Philadelphia, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92680
Walker Evans, 1971, Laundry Drying, Frank's House, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132172
William Matthew Prior (artist, 1806-1873), 1845 (ca), Baby in Blue, Oil on paper, attached to panel, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/58934
Linnaeus Tripe, 1855, November, Rangoon: View near the Lake, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/59089
Robert Frank, 1956, Man with I.D. button--San Francisco, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130114
Eadweard Muybridge, 1887, Animal Locomotion, Plate 626. Gallop, thoroughbred bay mare, Annie G, Collotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54897
Robert Frank, 1955, Automobile on U.S. 285, New Mexico, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130094
   

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