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Thomas Annan, 1868-1871 (taken) 1877 (print), Plate 32: Close, No. 128 Saltmarket, Carbon print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117814
Edouard Manet, 1873, Le chemin de fer [Die Eisenbahn], Oil painting, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/40743
W.J. Chapman (artist, British, 1830-c. 1923), 1884, Lewis Charlton, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128274
Robert Frank, 1956, Woman in hallway--San Francisco, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130117
Conrad Rippel (artist, American, 1853-1936), 1890s (ca), Portrait of a Tinware Advertising Woman, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128277
Giraudon's Artist, 1870s (late), Two Women with Donkey, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117173
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Hutted Camp with Balaclava Harbor in Distance, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76790
Charles Amedee Philippe Van Loo (French, 1719-1795), 1764, The Camera Obscura (detail), OIl on canvas, detail, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54475
Robert Frank, 1955, Canal Street—New Orleans, [The Americans], Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130097
William J. Stillman, 1869-1870, The Acropolis of Athens, plate 21, Carbon print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54902
Eadweard Muybridge, 1872, Cathedral Spires, Valley of the Yosemite, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92683
Charles Amedee Philippe Van Loo (French, 1719-1795), 1764, The Camera Obscura, OIl on canvas, framed, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/73651
A.F Ferris & Co (Artist, American, active 1880s), 1880 (ca), Portrait of a Wallpaperer, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/131009
Roger Fenton, 1855, Captain Graham and Captain MacLeod, 42nd Regiment, Salted paper print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54889
Edel (American), 1895 (ca), "Anna in Union College Laundry", Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128280
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of a Boy, Albumen print, with applied colour, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117756
Felice Beato, 1860, Imperial Summer Palace Yuen Min Yuen, Pekin, Before the Burning, October 18, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76819
Detroit Photographic Co., 1900 (published), A Monday Washing, New York City, Photo-chromolithograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117807
Calvert Richard Jones, 1845-1850, Study of the Spires of Lichfield Cathedral, Paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54911
Roger Fenton / Dr. Hugh Welch Diamond, 1855 (ca), Roger Fenton, Salted paper print, from collodion glass negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76756
Robert Frank, 1956, Man with I.D. button--San Francisco, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130114
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of a Girl, Salted paper print, hand-painted, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76768
Eadweard Muybridge, 1879, Horses. Running. Phyrne L. No. 40, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117776
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
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, David Octavius Hill at the gate of Rock House, Edinburgh, Salted paper print, from a paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92675
Unidentified photographer, 1850s, Portrait of a Mother and Four Children, Salted paper print, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117743
Louis-Emile Durandelle, 1868 (taken) 1878-1881 (print), Rostral Column, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117822
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Camp of the 17th Regiment, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76781
Asahel Curtis, 1910, Indian Whalers Homeward Bound from the Pacific, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117795
Robert Frank, 1941 (ca), Banana in sand--Design, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130072
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
William J. Stillman, 1869-1870, The Acropolis of Athens, plate 14, Carbon print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54901
David Brokaw (artist, American, 1812-1878), 1850, Oberlin College Graduates, including Lucy Stanton Day Sessions, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128254
Unidentified photographer (American), 1845 (ca), Portrait of a Man and Girl with Horse and Dog, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/126502
Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, 1890s, Sunshine and Shadow, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117827
Felice Beato, 1860, Sacred Temple of Heaven Where the Emperor Sacrifices Once a Year, in the Chinese City of Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76825
Charles Nègre, 1859, Borée enlevant Orythie, jardin des Tuileries. Paris 1er, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/67053
Eadweard Muybridge, 1881-1882, The Horse in Motion as Shown by Instantaneous Photography with a Study on Animal Mechanics, [Plate XVL.], Book illustration, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54896
Charles Marville, 1866-1868, Rue de la Bûcherie, du cul de sac Saint-Ambroise (fifth arrondissement), Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92662
Eadweard Muybridge, 1887, Animal Locomotion, Plate 340, Collotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54898
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843 (ca), Trees and Reflections, Lacock Abbey, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92648
Unidentified photographer (America), 1860 (ca), Portrait of a Woman with Sewing Machine, Ambrotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128257
Charles Marville, 1858-1860, Grotto in the Bois de Boulogne, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92661
Peter McWilliam (artist, American, 1875-1947), 1900 (ca), Portrait of a Telephone Lineman, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128284
Paul-Émile Miot, 1870s, Chien de Garvel (Martinique), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117772
Giorgio Sommer, 1870 (ca), Casa di Marco Lucrezio, Pompei (House of Marco Lucrezio, Pompeii), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117806
Robert Frank, 1955-1956 (ca), Buildings and billboard--Beverly Hills, California, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130096
Yung Fong (artist, Shanghai, Chinese), 1908, Kitten, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128298
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
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of a Civil War Widow, Ambrotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117758
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
Felice Beato, 1860, Tomb Near Palichian, the Scene of the Commencement of the Attack on September 21, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76830
Édouard Baldus, 1856-1857, Bibliothèque Imperiale du Louvre, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117733
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
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Distant View of the Arsenal, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76784
George N. Barnard, 1865-1866, Columbia from the Capitol, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92670
Henry P. Bosse, 1885, C.M. & St. P. RR Bridge at Sabula, Ia., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76732
John Moran, 1863, Broadhead's Creek, Delaware Water Gap, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/74378
A-Cheong (artist, Chinese, Hong Kong, active 1900s-1910s), 1901-1904, Portrait of a Sailor, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128294
Unidentified photographer (America), 1860s, Portrait of a Woman Washing Dishes, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128259
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
Charles Marville, 1857 (ca), Charles Delahaye, Albumen-coated, salt print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92660
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
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76782
Robert Frank, 1955, Street scene--Houston, Texas, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130107
Robert Frank, 1956, Butte, Montana, [The Americans], Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130110
Felice Beato, 1860, Entrance to the Five Genii Temple, Canton, April 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76809
W.E. Huber (American, active 1860s), 1860s, Portrait of a Knife Sharpener, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128262
G.T. Putnam, 1875 (ca), Backmark for "Putnam, Smith Block, Barre, Mass.", Carte de visite, back, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128271
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
Giorgio Sommer, 1873, Impronte Umane, Pompei (Human Cast, Pompeii), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117809
Felice Beato, 1860, Entrance to the Treasury, Canton, April 10, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76810
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
Édouard Baldus, 1861 (or later), Toulon, Gare (Toulon, Train Station), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117734
Edward S. Curtis, 1910-1914, Nakoaktok Warrior, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117798
Loewy et Puiseux, 1903, Photographie Lunaire Albategnius - Triesnecker - Manilius, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117791
Robert Frank, 1941-1945, Radio tubes--40 Fotos, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130076
Eadweard Muybridge, 1877, Quezaltenango from the Crater of a Volcano, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92684
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
George N. Barnard, 1864-1866, Orchard Knob from Mission Ridge, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92669
Édouard Baldus, 1855 (ca), Abbaye du Gard pres d' Abbeville, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117725
Asahel Curtis, 1910, Indian Whalers Stripping Their Prey at Neah Bay, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117796
Viscountess Jocelyn (British, 1820-1880), 1862 (ca), Interior of Room, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92679
Charles Marville, 1851 (ca), Salle des Cariatides, au Musée du Louvre, Salted paper print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92663
Felice Beato, 1860, Temple of Heaven from the Place Where the Priests Are Burnt, in the Chinese City of Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76828
Eadweard Muybridge, 1887, Plate Number 469. Child running, Collotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117815
Unidentified photographer (America), 1860s, Portrait of Telegraphers, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128261
Unidentified photographer (America), 1867 (ca), Specimens of Gunshot Fractures of the Femur, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117826
Alex V. Olszewsky (artist, American), 1860s, Wicker chair, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128263
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, John Stuart-Wortley, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe, Salted paper print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76772
Désiré Charnay, 1863, Femme Malgache et Ses Enfants (Madagascan Woman and Her Children) (Plate 3), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117762
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, 1888, The Poacher-A Hare in View, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117816
Charles Marville, 1867 (ca), Passage des Deux-Soeurs de la rue Lafayette, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92666
Baynham Jones Jr., 1855 (ca), Farm Yard, Prestbury near Cheltenham, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/131126
Eadweard Muybridge, 1887, Plate Number 758. Cockatoo flying, Collotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117782
William H. Bell, 1872, Rain Sculpture, Salt Creek Canon, Utah, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117821
2015, Radiograph of a wax sculpture by Edgar Degas, X-ray, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76289
Eadweard Muybridge, 1887, Animal Locomotion, Plate 626. Gallop, thoroughbred bay mare, Annie G, Collotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54897
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
George N. Barnard, 1864, Rebel Works in Front of Atlanta, GA, No. 4, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92672
Charles Amedee Philippe Van Loo (French, 1719-1795), 1764, The Camera Obscura (detail), OIl on canvas, detail, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/61848
Carleton E. Watkins, 1880s, Alcatraz Island and San Francisco Bay, Looking North, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92698
Joseph Wright (British, 1734 - 1797), 1782-1784, The Corinthian Maid, Oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/93374
Édouard Baldus, 1855 (ca), Les Ponchettes à Nice, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117726
Dunmore & Critcherson, 1869, The Arctic Regions: No. 92.* The Devil's Thumb partially enveloped in a fog, with the first of the drift Ice from the pack, which was being forced towards the land, from which we escaped through a narrow lead…, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117771
Adam Clark Vroman, 1895-1897 (ca), In the Petrified Forest (General View, Middle Park), Collodion print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117785
Edouard Manet, 1878, La prune [Der Pflaumenschnaps], Oil painting, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/40747
2015, Radiographs of Edgar Degas wax sculptures, X-ray, composite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76288
John P. Soule, 1863, Full Moon, Stereoview, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117767
Unidentified photographer (Great Britain), 1848, John Ashworth, Edmund Ashworth, Edmund Ashworth, Jr., Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/131392
J.R. Tewksbury, 1890 (ca), Portrait of a Blacksmith, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128275
Lewis M. Rutherfurd, 1865, 6 March, Photographie de la lune a son 1er Quartier, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117768
Henry P. Bosse, 1885, Guard Rock, Des Moines Rapids Canal L.W., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76734
Felice Beato, 1860, Part of the Entrance to the Lama Temple Near Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76823
Robert Frank, 1955-1956 (ca), Highway overpasses--Los Angeles, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130103
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
John Murray, 1858-1862 (ca), Nynee Tall from South End, Paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117744
Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, 1893, Untitled (Study of the Sun's Surface), Woodburytype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117783
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843, An Ancient Door, Magdalen College, Oxford, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76761
Henry P. Bosse, 1891, From Wagon Road at S. St. Paul, Minn. Looking Downstream, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76748
Anna Atkins, 1840s, Ferns. Specimen of Cyanotype, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92649
W.D. Fay, 1860s, Portrait of Child Maids, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128260
Linnaeus Tripe, 1852-1854, Quarterdeck of HMS "Impregnable", Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/59084
Roger Fenton, 1858, Lichfield Cathedral from the North-west, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54888
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, Panorama of Sebastopol No. 1, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76794
Hiram F. Alley (artist, American, 1847-1933), 1890 (ca), Portrait of Mailmen, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128279
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
Felice Beato, 1860, Thibetan Monument in the Lama Temple, Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76829
Henry Fox Talbot, 1839-1840, Leaf Study, Photogenic drawing, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76760
Unidentified photographer (America), 1850s, Portrait of a School Teacher and Class, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128256
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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