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Henry P. Bosse, 1891, Construction of Rock and Brush Dam, L.W. 1891, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76743
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, Thibetan Monument in the Lama Temple, Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76829
Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, 1893, Untitled (Study of the Sun's Surface), Woodburytype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117783
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of Three Young Men, Ambrotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117820
Charles Marville, 1864, Rue des Lombards, from the rue des Lavandières Sainte-Opportune, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92665
Hill & Adamson, 1846, Colinton Manse and weir, with part of the old mill on the right, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76778
Linnaeus Tripe, 1855, 1 September - 21 October, Amerapoora: South Ditch of the City Wall, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/59087
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
Robert Frank, 1955, Automobile on U.S. 285, New Mexico, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130094
Giorgio Sommer, 1870 (ca), Casa di Marco Lucrezio, Pompei (House of Marco Lucrezio, Pompeii), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117806
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
Unidentified photographer (American 19th century), 1845 (ca.), Samuel Morse Felton Steam Engine and Crew, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132407
Henry P. Bosse, 1885, Ponton Bridge at Read's Landing, Minn., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76735
Eadweard Muybridge, 1875 (taken) 1877 (published), Setting out a Coffee Plantation at Antigua de Guatemala, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92687
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
J.R. Tewksbury, 1890 (ca), Backmark for "J.R. Tewksbury, Front Street, Fort Madison. Iowa.", Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128276
Thomas H. Johnson, 1863-1865 (ca), Olyphant, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117750
Carleton E. Watkins, 1871, Malakoff Diggins, North Bloomfield, Nevada County, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92693
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
Eadweard Muybridge, 1878, Edgington, Collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54873
Henry P. Bosse, 1885, C.M. & St. P. RR Bridge at Sabula, Ia., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76732
Unidentified photographer (American 19th century), 1850s, Portrait of a Tinsmith, Daguerreotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132405
Peter Henry Emerson, 1890 (ca, taken) 1895 (ca, print), Gnarled-Thorn Trees, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117779
Charles Amedee Philippe Van Loo (French, 1719-1795), 1764, The Camera Obscura (detail), OIl on canvas, detail, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/61848
Alex V. Olszewsky (artist, American), 1860s, Portrait of a Wicker Chair Maker, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128258
Désiré Charnay, 1863, Trois Femmes Malgaches (Plate 30), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117764
Eadweard Muybridge, 1887, Plate Number 469. Child running, Collotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117815
Henry Fox Talbot, 1845, A Scene in York: York Minster from Lop Lane, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76767
Robert Frank, 1956, Woman in hallway--San Francisco, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130117
Unidentified photographer (America), 1860s, Portrait of a Woman Washing Dishes, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128259
Eadweard Muybridge, 1877, Ruins of the Church of San Miguel, Panama, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54895
H. Hoyt (artist, American), 1905 (ca), Newspaper Boys for "The Baltimore News", Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128293
Felice Beato, 1860, Top of the Wall From Anting Gate, Pekin, Taken Possession by English and French Troops, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76831
Robert Frank, 1955, Man shopping--Los Angeles, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130105
W.E. Huber (American, active 1860s), 1860s, Portrait of a Knife Sharpener, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128262
Unidentified photographer (America), 1850s, A. H. Goldon, Daguerreotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128252
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
Edel (American), 1895 (ca), "Anna in Union College Laundry", Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128280
Alex V. Olszewsky (artist, American), 1860s, Wicker chairs, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128265
Lewis M. Rutherfurd, 1860, View of the Moon, Stereoview, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117761
Edouard Manet, 1873-1874, Le bal de l'opéra [Maskenball in der Oper], Oil painting, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/40754
Ellwood Garrett, 1866 (ca.), Portrait of a Fireman, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132391
Calvert Richard Jones, 1846, St. Paul's Cathedral, Valetta, Malta, with Bell Tower, Salted paper print, from salted paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54910
Felice Beato, 1860, Temple of Confucius, Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76827
Unidentified photographer / Unidentified maker, 1920 (ca), Portrait of Three Children, Celluloid photo button, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132382
Eadweard Muybridge, 1872, Cathedral Spires, Valley of the Yosemite, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92683
American 20th Century (artist), 1920 (ca), Portrait of Three Children, Celluloid photo button, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128296
Édouard Baldus, 1856-1857, Bibliothèque Imperiale du Louvre, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117733
Asahel Curtis, 1910, The King of the Seas in the Hands of the Makahs, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117797
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Alexander Rutherford, William Ramsay and John Linton, Salted paper print, from a paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92678
Felice Beato, 1860, Mosque Near Pekin Occupied by the Commander-in-Chief and Lord Elgin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76822
Édouard Baldus, 1855 (ca), Abbaye du Gard pres d' Abbeville, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117725
James Fitzallen Ryder, 1862, Photographic Views on the Atlantic & Great Western Railway, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76729
Louis de Clercq, 1859, Kalaat el Hosn (Castle of the Knights, Syria), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54877
Désiré Charnay, 1863, Les Femmes Malgaches (Plate 28), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117763
Robert Frank, 1955, Cotton harvesters--Arkansas, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130099
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
Charles Nègre, 1852, February (before), Market Scene at the Port of the Hotel de Ville, Paris, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/67057
Baynham Jones Jr., 1855 (ca), Farm Yard, Prestbury near Cheltenham, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/131126
Roger Fenton, 1855, Captain Graham and Captain MacLeod, 42nd Regiment, Salted paper print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54889
Charles Marville, 1864-1870, Hôtel de la Marine, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92657
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
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
Alex V. Olszewsky (Artist, American, active 1855-1865), 1860s, Wicker Chairs, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132395
William J. Stillman, 1869-1870, The Acropolis of Athens, plate 20, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/41616
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
W.D. Fay, 1860s, Portrait of Child Maids, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128260
Loewy et Puiseux, 1903, Photographie Lunaire Albategnius - Triesnecker - Manilius, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117791
A-Cheong (artist, Chinese, Hong Kong, active 1900s-1910s), 1901-1904, Portrait of a Sailor, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128294
Alex V. Olszewsky (artist, American), 1860s, Wicker chair, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128264
Paul-Émile Miot, 1870s, Chien de Garvel (Martinique), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117772
Juan Laurent, 1874, Madrid…752…Vista general interior de la nueva plaza de toros, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130261
Alex V. Olszewsky (Artist, American, active 1855-1865), 1860s, Wicker Chair, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132392
Charles Marville, 1858-1860, Grotto in the Bois de Boulogne, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92661
Robert Frank, 1955, Street scene--Houston, Texas, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130107
Armour & Co. (artist, American), 1904 (ca), Portrait of Electric Light Installers, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128300
Laura F. Weeks, 1899 (ca.), Portrait of an Advertising Woman with Leather Products, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132386
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
Thomas H. Johnson, 1863-1865 (ca), Waymart, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117752
Gustave Le Gray, 1856 (ca), Beech Tree, Forest of Fontainebleau, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92654
Alfred Stieglitz, 1921, Georgia O'Keeffe-Hands and Grapes, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/103604
Unidentified photographer, 1850s, Portrait of a Mother and Four Children, Salted paper print, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117743
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Camp of the 17th Regiment, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76781
Joseph L. Bates, 1860, The Moon, Stereoview, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117755
Louis de Clercq, 1860, Grenade, Alhambra, Porte d'Entree de la Forteresse, Albumen print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54874
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Remains of Stone Buildings, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76795
James Tyler, 1855 (ca), Our Pastor's Circle, Daguerreotypes, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/77650
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Courtyard with Domed Building in Ruins, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76783
Felice Beato, 1860, The Great Imperial Porcelain Palace Yuen Min Yuen, Pekin, October 18, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76816
W.J. Chapman (artist, British, 1830-c. 1923), 1884, Lewis Charlton, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128274
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of a Civil War Soldier, Tintype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117723
F. Jay Haynes, 1884 (ca), Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and Falls, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117808
American 20th Century (artist), 1960 (ca), The Photographer's Studio, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128299
William F. Sleight (artist, American, 1857-1918), 1897 (ca), Portrait of Night Soil Pumpers, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128301
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
John Murray, 1858-1862 (ca), Nynee Tall from South End, Paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117744
Robert Frank, 1955-1956 (ca), Group going to church--Los Angeles, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130102
Giorgio Sommer, 1873, Impronte Umane, Pompei (Human Cast, Pompeii), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117809
Charles Le Morvan (French, 1865 - 1933), 1904, Carte photographique de la lune, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117792
Warren De la Rue, 1858-1859 (taken) 1862 (print), View of the Moon, Stereoscopic glass transparency, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117748
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Botanical Photogram, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117753
George N. Barnard, 1865-1866, Columbia from the Capitol, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92670
Alex V. Olszewsky (artist, American), 1860s, Wicker chair, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128263
Édouard Baldus, 1861 (or later), Toulon, Gare (Toulon, Train Station), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117734
A.F. Ferris & Co. (artist, American), 1880 (ca), Portrait of a Wallpaperer, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128272
Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1871, Wall in the Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117830
Edouard Manet, 1878, La prune [Der Pflaumenschnaps], Oil painting, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/40747
Carleton E. Watkins, 1868-1869, Sugar Loaf Island, Farallons, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92691
Francis Frith, 1857 (ca), The Ramasseum of El-Kurneh, Thebes, First View, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/78341
Henry F. Post, 1896 (ca.), "Dominic Parsons Hunting for Fossils", Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132387
Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, 1890s, Sunshine and Shadow, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117827
Manville & Schroder (Greenbay, Wisconsin), 1864 (ca), Portrait of a Native American Woman, Carte de visite, painted, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130896
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Tall Bull, Chief of the Sioux, Carte de visite, painted, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130865
Glenalvin Goodridge, 1858 (ca.), Portrait of a cat, Ambrotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132402
Édouard Baldus, 1854, Rocher de St. Michel au Le Puy (Rock of St. Michel near Le Puy), Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117728
Joseph Wright (British, 1734 - 1797), 1782-1784, The Corinthian Maid, Oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/93374
Unidentified photographer, 1870s (ca), Elephantiasis, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117774
Solomon Telingater, 1930, Central Theater of the Red Army: First Cavalry, Collage, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/78331
Felice Beato, 1860, Part of the Entrance to the Lama Temple Near Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76823
Loewy et Puiseux, 1899, Photographie Lunaire Blancanus - Tycho - Schiller, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117787
Felice Beato, 1860, Temple of Confucius, Pekin, October 1860, [The Second Opium War], Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/127898
Unidentified photographer (America), 1855 (ca), Portrait of a Man, Daguerreotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128255
James Fitzallen Ryder, 1862, Photographic Views on the Atlantic & Great Western Railway, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76730
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/131393
Arthur E. Durham, 1870s, Microphotograph of Traverse Section of Wood (Salisburia), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117811
Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, 1890s, "Sunshine and Shadow", Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/126674
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
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843 (ca), Trees and Reflections, Lacock Abbey, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92648
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of a Woman Washing Dishes, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132397
William D. Fay, 1860s, Portrait of Child Maids, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132396
Charles Marville, 1857 (ca), Charles Delahaye, Albumen-coated, salt print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92660
Unidentified photographer, 1870s (ca), Elephantiasis, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117773
Charles A. Nast, 1885 (ca, taken) 1900 (published), Ute Chief Severo and Family, Photo-chromolithograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117780
Felice Beato, 1860, October, Arch in the Lama Temple Near Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76806
2015, Radiographs of Edgar Degas wax sculptures, X-ray, composite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76288
   

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