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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
Eadweard Muybridge, 1887, Animal Locomotion, Plate 340, Collotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54898
Viscountess Jocelyn (British, 1820-1880), 1862 (ca), Interior of Room, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92679
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
G.T. Putnam, 1875 (ca), Charles F. Hanson, Piano Forte Tuner and Repairer, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128270
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
Unidentified photographer (American 19th century), 1860s, Portrait of a Print Colorist, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132399
Robert Frank, 1955, Automobile on U.S. 285, New Mexico, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130094
Robert Frank, 1956, Master Taxidermist--Wyoming, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130115
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76782
Robert Frank, 1946 (ca), Eye in shutter--40 Fotos, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130083
John Moran, 1863 (ca), The Wissahickon Creek near Philadelphia, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92680
Adam Clark Vroman, 1895-1897 (ca), In the Petrified Forest (General View, Middle Park), Collodion print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117785
Désiré Charnay, 1863, Femme Malgache et Ses Enfants (Madagascan Woman and Her Children) (Plate 3), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117762
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Panorama of Sebastopol No. 1, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76794
Charles Nègre, 1852 (ca), Chateau of Vallambrosa, Cannes, Waxed paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92689
Unidentified photographer (America), 1855 (ca), Portrait of a Man, Daguerreotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128255
A-Cheong (artist, Chinese, Hong Kong, active 1900s-1910s), 1901-1904, Portrait of a Sailor, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128294
Charles Nègre, 1859, Borée enlevant Orythie, jardin des Tuileries. Paris 1er, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/67053
Felice Beato, 1860, Entrance to the Winter Palace, Pekin, October 29, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76811
Charles Nègre, 1854 (ca, taken) 1857 (ca, print), Cathédrale de Chartres - Portique du Midi XIIe Siècle, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92688
Henry P. Bosse, 1889, Redwing, Minn. and Barnbluff, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76742
William F. Sleight (artist, American, 1857-1918), 1897 (ca), Portrait of Night Soil Pumpers, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128301
John Murray, 1858-1862 (ca), Nynee Tall from South End, Paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117744
Unidentified photographer, 1870s (ca), Portrait of Two Boys, Tintype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117724
Unidentified photographer / Unidentified maker, 1918 (ca), Portrait of a Soldier, Celluloid photo button, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132384
Unidentified photographer (British), 1850s (ca), Hothocleana, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117740
Unidentified photographer (American), 1845 (ca), Portrait of a Man and Girl with Horse and Dog, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/126502
Édouard Baldus, 1855 (ca), Théâtre Romain à Arles (Roman Theater in Arles), Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117727
Louis-Emile Durandelle, 1868 (taken) 1878-1881 (print), Rostral Column, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117822
Charles Le Morvan (French, 1865 - 1933), 1909, Carte photographique de la lune, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117794
Charles Le Morvan (French, 1865 - 1933), 1904, Carte photographique de la lune, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117792
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
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of Three Young Men, Ambrotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117820
Lady Frances Jocelyn, 1865, Intérieur, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/84939
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
Arthur E. Durham, 1870s, Microphotograph of Traverse Section of Wood (Salisburia), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117811
Henry P. Bosse, 1885, Ponton Bridge at Read's Landing, Minn., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76735
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of a Boy, Albumen print, with applied colour, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117756
Detroit Photographic Co., 1900 (published), A Monday Washing, New York City, Photo-chromolithograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117807
Felice Beato, 1860, October, Arch in the Lama Temple Near Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76806
Robert Frank, 1955, Boy sitting on automobile--North Carolina, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130095
Désiré Charnay, 1863, Trois Femmes Malgaches (Plate 30), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117764
Unidentified photographer, 1850 (ca), Portrait of a Fireman, Daguerreotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117817
Robert Frank, 1956, Coffee shop--Butte, Montana, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130111
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Fortification above Balaclava Harbor, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76785
Louis de Clercq, 1860, Grenade, Alhambra, Porte d'Entree de la Forteresse, Albumen print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54874
David Brokaw, 1852, Theological Graduate School of Oberlin College, including John Mercer Langston, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132413
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of a Civil War Soldier, Ambrotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117757
Eadweard Muybridge, 1877, Moonlight Effect-Bay of Panama, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54893
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
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
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Remains of Stone Buildings, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76795
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
Carleton E. Watkins, 1868-1869, Sugar Loaf Island, Farallons, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92691
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
Henry P. Bosse, 1891, From Foot of Robinson's Rock Looking Upstream, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76746
Édouard Baldus, 1855 (ca), Les Ponchettes à Nice, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117726
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
American 20th Century (artist), 1918 (ca), Portrait of a Soldier, Celluloid photo button, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128295
Unidentified photographer (America), 1867 (ca), Specimens of Gunshot Fractures of the Femur, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117826
Unidentified photographer (America), 1850s, Portrait of a School Teacher and Class, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128256
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843 (ca), Trees and Reflections, Lacock Abbey, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92648
Felice Beato, 1860, Shops and Street, Chinese City of Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76826
Unidentified photographer (America), 1850 (ca), Portrait of a Brother and Postmortem Sister, Ambrotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128248
Dunmore & Critcherson, 1869, The Arctic Regions: No. 36. The Glacier As Seen Flowing Or Being Forced Down Between The Hills, Ploughing Up A Moraine Of Earth And Rocks, Twenty To Thirty Feet High, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117770
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
Max Wolf and Joh. Palisa, 1901, 15 October, Photographische Sternkarten, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117790
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
Robert Frank, 1946 (ca), Eye in shutter--40 Fotos, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130084
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
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
Louis de Clercq, 1859, Kalaat el Hosn (Castle of the Knights, Syria), Paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54876
J.R. Tewksbury, 1890 (ca), Backmark for "J.R. Tewksbury, Front Street, Fort Madison. Iowa.", Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128276
Henry P. Bosse, 1889, From Bluffs at Merrimac, Minn. Looking Downstream, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76739
Edouard Manet, 1873-1874, Le bal de l'opéra [Maskenball in der Oper], Oil painting, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/40754
Warren De la Rue, 1858-1859 (taken) 1862 (print), Full Moon, Stereoscopic glass transparency, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117747
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, Camp of the 17th Regiment, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76781
Charles Marville, 1853, The Virtues Crushing the Vices, Strasbourg Cathedral, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92658
Robert Frank, 1955, Street scene--Houston, Texas, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130107
Unidentified photographer / Unidentified maker, 1918 (ca), Portrait of a U.S. Army Musician, Celluloid photo button, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132383
Alex V. Olszewsky (Artist, American, active 1855-1865), 1860s, Portrait of a Wicker Chair Maker, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132393
Aimé-Jules Dalou, 1891 (ca) (cast after 1907), Portrait Mask of Etienne Carjat, Bronze, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/51580
Peter Henry Emerson, 1888, The Poacher-A Hare in View, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117816
Carleton E. Watkins, 1861, River View of the Royal Arches, Yosemite, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92699
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Sebastopol, From Left Attack, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76800
Unidentified photographer, 1850s, Portrait of a Mother and Four Children, Salted paper print, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117743
Hiram F. Alley (artist, American, 1847-1933), 1890 (ca), Portrait of Mailmen, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128279
Joseph R. Tewksbury, 1890 (ca.), Portrait of a Blacksmith, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132389
Armour & Co. (artist, American), 1904 (ca), Portrait of Electric Light Installers, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128300
Edouard Manet, 1873, Le chemin de fer [Die Eisenbahn], Oil painting, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/40743
Unidentified photographer, 1870s (ca), Elephantiasis, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117774
Jacob D. Byerly, 1855 (ca), Frederick, Maryland, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128253
Henry P. Bosse, 1891, From Wagon Road at S. St. Paul, Minn. Looking Downstream, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76748
Jacob Byerly (Frederick, Maryland), 1863 (ca), Portrait of a Woman with a Wash Tub, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132167
W.D. Fay, 1860s, Portrait of Child Maids, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128260
Peter Dingeldey (artist, American, born 1872), 1900 (ca), Portrait of a Carpenter Helper, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128283
Glenalvin Goodridge, 1858 (ca.), Portrait of a cat, Ambrotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132402
William H. Bell, 1872, Rain Sculpture, Salt Creek Canon, Utah, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117821
James Tyler, 1855 (ca), Our Pastor's Circle, Daguerreotypes, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/77650
Robert Frank, 1956, Woman in hallway--San Francisco, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130117
Pierre Bonnard, 1895, Les Batignolles avec la devanture fleurie oder Le cheval de fiacre [Das Droschkenpferd in Batignolles], Oil painting, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/40752
Henry Draper, 1860, Full Moon, Stereoview, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117754
Linnaeus Tripe, 1858, January-February, Madura: The Vygay River, with Causeway, across to Madura, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/59085
Henry Fox Talbot, 1845, A Scene in York: York Minster from Lop Lane, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76767
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
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of a Civil War Widow, Ambrotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117758
Roger Fenton, 1855 (taken) 1856 (print), Cemetery, Cathcart's Hill, Salted paper print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76755
Henry F. Post (artist, American, born c. 1840), 1896 (ca), "Dominic Parsons Hunting for Fossils", Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128297
Thomas H. Johnson, 1863-1865 (ca), Olyphant, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117750
Felice Beato, 1860, Entrance to the Treasury, Canton, April 10, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76810
Charles Marville, 1864-1870, Hôtel de la Marine, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92657
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of a Girl, Salted paper print, hand-painted, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76768
Eadweard Muybridge, 1887, Plate Number 469. Child running, Collotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117815
J.R. Tewksbury, 1890 (ca), Portrait of a Blacksmith, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128275
Eadweard Muybridge, 1872, Cathedral Spires, Valley of the Yosemite, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92683
James Fitzallen Ryder, 1862, Photographic Views on the Atlantic & Great Western Railway, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76730
Garrett's (artist, American), 1866 (ca), Portrait of a Fireman, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128266
Robert Frank, 1941 (ca), Banana in sand--Design, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130072
Robert Frank, 1955, Man shopping--Los Angeles, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130105
Roger Fenton / Dr. Hugh Welch Diamond, 1855 (ca), Roger Fenton, Salted paper print, from collodion glass negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76756
Unidentified photographer (Great Britain), 1848, John Ashworth, Edmund Ashworth, Edmund Ashworth, Jr., Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/131392
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
Felice Beato, 1860, Thibetan Monument in the Lama Temple, Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76829
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, Mosque Near Pekin Occupied by the Commander-in-Chief and Lord Elgin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76822
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
Unidentified photographer / Unidentified maker, 1940 (ca.), Portrait of a Sailor, U.S.S. Enterprise, Celluloid photo button, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132381
Charles Amedee Philippe Van Loo (French, 1719-1795), 1764, The Camera Obscura (detail), OIl on canvas, detail, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/61848
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
2015, Radiograph of a wax sculpture by Edgar Degas, X-ray, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76289
Felice Beato, 1860, Head Quarter House, First Division, Pehtang, China, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76818
William J. Stillman, 1869-1870, The Acropolis of Athens, plate 14, Carbon print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54901
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
Unidentified photographer (America), 1860s, Portrait of Telegraphers, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128261
Peter Henry Emerson, 1890 (ca, taken) 1895 (ca, print), Gnarled-Thorn Trees, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117779
Peter McWilliam (artist, American, 1875-1947), 1900 (ca), Portrait of a Telephone Lineman, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128284
William J. Stillman, 1882, Propylaea from the Southwest, Carbon print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54903
Manville & Schroder (Greenbay, Wisconsin), 1864 (ca), Portrait of a Native American Woman, Carte de visite, painted, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130896
William J. Stillman, 1869-1870, The Acropolis of Athens, plate 20, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/41616
Felice Beato, 1860, Exterior of North Fort Showing the English Entrance, August 21, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76812
David Brokaw (artist, American, 1812-1878), 1850, Oberlin College Graduates, including Lucy Stanton Day Sessions, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128254
American 20th Century (artist), 1960 (ca), The Photographer's Studio, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128299
Robert Macpherson, 1861, The Templum Minerva Medica and the Surrounding Area, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/78344
Alex V. Olszewsky (Artist, American, active 1855-1865), 1860s, Wicker Chair, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132392
   

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