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Hugh Welch Diamond, 1855 (ca), Woman Holding a Dead Bird, Surrey County Asylum, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76757
Louis de Clercq, 1859, Kalaat el Hosn (Castle of the Knights, Syria), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54877
Henry P. Bosse, 1891, Levee at La Crosse, Wis., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76749
Laura F. Weeks (artist, American, 1862-1951), 1899 (ca), Portrait of an Advertising Woman with Leather Products, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128282
Charles Marville, 1858-1860, Grotto in the Bois de Boulogne, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92661
Eadweard Muybridge, 1879, Horses. Running. Phyrne L. No. 40, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117776
Unidentified photographer, 1850s, Portrait of a Mother and Four Children, Salted paper print, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117743
Linnaeus Tripe, 1858, January-February, Madura: The Vygay River, with Causeway, across to Madura, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/59085
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
Unidentified photographer, 1870s (ca), Elephantiasis, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117773
Guillaume-Amant Duchenne de Boulogne, 1854-1855 (taken), Fright, [Mécanisme de la physionomie humaine (The Mechanism of Human Facial Expression) (1862)], Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/78334
Robert Frank, 1956, Butte, Montana, [The Americans], Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130110
John Moran, 1863 (ca), The Wissahickon Creek near Philadelphia, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92680
Édouard Baldus, 1855, L' Isle Adam, [Chemins de Fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée], Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117730
Lewis Carroll, 1857, Lewis Carroll Seated on a Windowsill of the Old Rectory at Croft, Darlington, Yorkshire, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92651
Robert Frank, 1955, Cocktail party--New York City, [The Americans], Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130098
A.F. Ferris & Co. (artist, American), 1880 (ca), Portrait of a Wallpaperer, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128272
William J. Stillman, 1869-1870, The Acropolis of Athens, plate 14, Carbon print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54901
Edel (American), 1895 (ca), "Anna in Union College Laundry", Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128280
William H. Bell, 1872, Rain Sculpture, Salt Creek Canon, Utah, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117821
Carleton E. Watkins, 1871, Malakoff Diggins, North Bloomfield, Nevada County, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92693
American 20th Century (artist), 1960 (ca), The Photographer's Studio, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128299
Eadweard Muybridge, 1877, Moonlight Effect-Bay of Panama, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54893
Felice Beato, 1860, October, Architectural View of the Lama Temple Near Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76807
Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, 1890s, "Sunshine and Shadow", Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/126674
Felice Beato, 1860, Part of the Entrance to the Lama Temple Near Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76823
Detroit Photographic Co., 1899 (published), Orange Packing at Redlands, Photo-chromolithograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117813
Asahel Curtis, 1910, Indian Whalers Stripping Their Prey at Neah Bay, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117796
Taylor (artist, American), 1900 (ca), Portrait of a Weaving Mill Woman, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128289
Conrad Rippel (artist, American, 1853-1936), 1890s (ca), Backmark for "Coinrad Rippel, Photographer, Market St. near Fourth, Sunbury, Pa.", Cabinet card, back, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128278
Peter Henry Emerson, 1890 (ca, taken) 1895 (ca, print), Gnarled-Thorn Trees, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117779
Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1871, Wall in the Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117830
Robert Frank, 1941 (ca), Banana in sand--Design, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130072
Roger Fenton, 1852, Moscow, Domes of Churches in the Kremlin, Salted paper print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76754
Eadweard Muybridge, 1872, Cathedral Spires, Valley of the Yosemite, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92683
Robert Frank, 1956, Master Taxidermist--Wyoming, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130115
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
Robert Frank, 1956, Funeral procession--San Francisco, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130112
Solomon Telingater, 1930, All-Soviet Military Railroad, Collage of photomechanical reproductions and gouache over graphite on gray-green paper, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/78330
A.E. Alden, 1868, Backmark for "From A.E. Alden's Photograph bRooms and Emporium of Fine-Arts. Nos. 59, 61, 63 and 65 Arcade, Providence, R.I., Carte de visite, back, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128269
Charles Marville, 1864-1870, Hôtel de la Marine, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92657
Louis de Clercq, 1859-1860, Philae, Cour Intérieure, Colonnade de l'Ouest, Albumen print, from waxed paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54880
Eadweard Muybridge, 1881-1882, Arrangement of the Cameras for Taking the Illustrations of the Paces, 1879, in J.D.B Stillman, The Horse in Motion as Shown by Instantaneous Photography with a Study on Animal Mechanics, Heliotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92681
Felice Beato, 1860, Thibetan Monument in the Lama Temple, Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76829
James Fitzallen Ryder, 1862, Photographic Views on the Atlantic & Great Western Railway, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76728
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
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
Linnaeus Tripe, 1855, 1 September - 21 October, Amerapoora: South Ditch of the City Wall, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/59087
Roger Fenton, 1855, Captain Graham and Captain MacLeod, 42nd Regiment, Salted paper print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54889
Robert Frank, 1946 (ca), Eye in shutter--40 Fotos, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130084
George N. Barnard, 1864-1866, Orchard Knob from Mission Ridge, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92669
Robert Macpherson, 1861, The Templum Minerva Medica and the Surrounding Area, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/78344
A-Cheong (artist, Chinese, Hong Kong, active 1900s-1910s), 1901-1904, Portrait of a Sailor, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128294
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Linlithgow, from the railway station, with the Town Hall, St. Michael's Church, and Palace, Salted paper print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76773
Felice Beato, 1860, Exterior of North Taku Fort on Peiho River, Showing the English and French Entrance, August 21, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76813
Robert Frank, 1941-1945, Radio tubes--40 Fotos, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130076
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843, An Ancient Door, Magdalen College, Oxford, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76761
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76782
Charles Amedee Philippe Van Loo (French, 1719-1795), 1764, The Magic Lantern (detail), OIl on canvas, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/64064
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of Three Young Men, Ambrotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117820
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
Edouard Manet, 1878, La prune [Der Pflaumenschnaps], Oil painting, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/40747
Désiré Charnay, 1863, Les Femmes Malgaches (Plate 28), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117763
L.P. Greenlund & Co. (artist, American, active 1890s-1910s), 1880s (ca), Portrait of a Tinsmith, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128273
Sedgwick S. Hull(artist, America, c. 1832-1895), 1870 (ca), Charles Ketterer with his Apostolic Clock, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128267
Lewis M. Rutherfurd, 1860, View of the Moon, Stereoview, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117761
Henry Fox Talbot, 1839-1840, Leaf Study, Photogenic drawing, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76760
John Murray, 1858-1862 (ca), Nynee Tall from South End, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117745
Garrett's (artist, American), 1866 (ca), Portrait of a Fireman, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128266
Robert Frank, 1955, Boy sitting on automobile--North Carolina, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130095
George N. Barnard, 1865-1866, Columbia from the Capitol, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92670
Robert Frank, 1956, Man reading in automobile--Los Angeles, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130113
Anna Atkins, 1840s, Ferns. Specimen of Cyanotype, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92649
A.F Ferris & Co (Artist, American, active 1880s), 1880 (ca), Portrait of a Wallpaperer, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/131009
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Sebastopol, View of Harbor, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76801
Baynham Jones Jr., 1855 (ca), Farm Yard, Prestbury near Cheltenham, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/131126
Eadweard Muybridge, 1877, Ruins of the Church of San Miguel, Panama, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54895
Unidentified photographer (America), 1860s, Portrait of Telegraphers, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128261
Gustaf A. Frederickson (artist, American, born Sweden, 1865-1938), 1896 (ca), Portrait of a Ladies' Hat Salesman, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128281
Eadweard Muybridge, 1879, Studies of Foreshortenings. Horses. Walking. Mahomet. Nos. 119-120, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117777
Henry P. Bosse, 1891, Levee at Rapids City, Illinois, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76750
Henry P. Bosse, 1891, From Foot of Robinson's Rock Looking Upstream, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76747
Robert Frank, 1955-1956 (ca), Buildings and billboard--Beverly Hills, California, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130096
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843, April, An Ancient Door in Magdalen College, Oxford, Salted paper print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76762
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
James W. Williams, 1860 (ca), Portrait of a Man, Salted paper print, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117746
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Hutted Camp with Balaclava Harbor in Distance, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76790
Henry P. Bosse, 1889, From Bluffs at Merrimac, Minn. Looking Downstream, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76739
John P. Soule, 1863, Full Moon, Stereoview, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117767
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, Portrait of a Wicker Chair Maker, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128258
Louis de Clercq, 1860, Grenade, Alhambra, Porte d'Entree de la Forteresse, Albumen print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54874
Édouard Baldus, 1861 (or later), Toulon, Gare (Toulon, Train Station), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117734
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
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
Charles Marville, 1867 (ca), Passage des Deux-Soeurs de la rue Lafayette, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92666
Désiré Charnay, 1863, Trois Femmes Malgaches (Plate 30), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117764
H. Hoyt (artist, American), 1905 (ca), Newspaper Boys for "The Baltimore News", Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128293
Henry Fox Talbot, 1839-1844, Lace, Photogenic drawing negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76759
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Botanical Photogram, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117722
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Remains of Stone Buildings, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76795
Linnaeus Tripe, 1855, November, Rangoon: View near the Lake, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/59089
Unidentified photographer (America), 1850s, A. H. Goldon, Daguerreotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128252
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
Felice Beato, 1860, Entrance to the Treasury, Canton, April 10, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76810
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Tall Bull, Chief of the Sioux, Carte de visite, painted, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130865
Unidentified photographer (America), 1855 (ca), Portrait of a Man, Daguerreotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128255
Unidentified photographer (British), 1850s (ca), Hothocleana, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117740
Robert Frank, 1955, Outside Graumann's Chinese Theater--Hollywood, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130106
Édouard Baldus, 1856-1857, Bibliothèque Imperiale du Louvre, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117733
Edouard Manet, 1873, Le chemin de fer [Die Eisenbahn], Oil painting, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/40743
Felice Beato, 1860, Entrance to the Five Genii Temple, Canton, April 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76809
Carleton E. Watkins, 1880s, Alcatraz Island and San Francisco Bay, Looking North, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92698
Calvert Richard Jones, 1845-1850, Study of the Spires of Lichfield Cathedral, Paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54911
Eadweard Muybridge, 1887, Plate Number 733. Elephant walking, Collotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117781
G.T. Putnam, 1875 (ca), Backmark for "Putnam, Smith Block, Barre, Mass.", Carte de visite, back, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128271
Charles Le Morvan (French, 1865 - 1933), 1904, Carte photographique de la lune, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117792
American 20th Century (artist), 1920 (ca), Portrait of Three Children, Celluloid photo button, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128296
John Moran, 1863, Broadhead's Creek, Delaware Water Gap, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/74378
A.E. Alden, 1868, Andrew and Billie, Furniture Movers, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128268
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
Viscountess Jocelyn (British, 1820-1880), 1862 (ca), Interior of Room, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92679
Jacob D. Byerly, 1855 (ca), Frederick, Maryland, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128253
Henry P. Bosse, 1885, C.M. & St. P. RR Bridge at Sabula, Ia., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76732
Charles Nègre, 1852 (ca), Chateau of Vallambrosa, Cannes, Waxed paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92689
Thomas H. Johnson, 1863-1865 (ca), Waymart, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117752
Peter M. Puhl (artist, American, 1849-1924), 1900, Coal Delivery Boys, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128288
William Matthew Prior (artist, 1806-1873), 1845 (ca), Baby in Blue, Oil on paper, attached to panel, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/58934
Unidentified photographer (America), 1851 (ca), Millie Craig and Frederick H. Healey, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128251
Robert Frank, 1955, Street scene--Houston, Texas, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130107
William J. Stillman, 1869-1870, The Acropolis of Athens, plate 20, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/41616
Charles Marville, 1857 (ca), Charles Delahaye, Albumen-coated, salt print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92660
Warren De la Rue, 1858-1859 (taken) 1862 (print), View of the Moon, Stereoscopic glass transparency, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117748
Edouard Manet, 1873-1874, Le bal de l'opéra [Maskenball in der Oper], Oil painting, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/40754
Henry P. Bosse, 1889, Read's Landing, Minn., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76741
Carleton E. Watkins, 1868-1869, Sugar Loaf Island, Farallons, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92691
Robert Frank, 1955, Man shopping--Los Angeles, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130105
Lady Frances Jocelyn, 1865, Intérieur, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/84939
Eadweard Muybridge, 1875 (taken) 1877 (published), Ruins of the Church of Santo Domingo-Panama, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92686
Peter Dingeldey (artist, American, born 1872), 1900 (ca), Portrait of a Carpenter Helper, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128283
Charles Amedee Philippe Van Loo (French, 1719-1795), 1764, The Camera Obscura, OIl on canvas, framed, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/73651
George N. Barnard, 1864, Rebel Works in Front of Atlanta, GA, No. 4, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92672
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
Henry Fox Talbot, 1845, A Scene in York: York Minster from Lop Lane, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76767
Charles A. Nast, 1885 (ca, taken) 1900 (published), Ute Chief Severo and Family, Photo-chromolithograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117829
   

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