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Aimé-Jules Dalou, 1891 (ca) (cast after 1907), Portrait Mask of Etienne Carjat, Bronze, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/51580
Armour & Co. (artist, American), 1904 (ca), Portrait of Electric Light Installers, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128300
Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, 1893, Untitled (Study of the Sun's Surface), Woodburytype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117783
Alex V. Olszewsky (artist, American), 1860s, Wicker chair, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128264
Édouard Baldus, 1855 (ca), Théâtre Romain à Arles (Roman Theater in Arles), Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117727
Robert Frank, 1955, Man shopping--Los Angeles, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130105
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
Louis de Clercq, 1860, Grenade, Alhambra, Porte d'Entree de la Forteresse, Albumen print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54874
Felice Beato, 1860, Temple of Confucius, Pekin, October 1860, [The Second Opium War], Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/127898
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
Felice Beato, 1860, Shops and Street, Chinese City of Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76826
A.F Ferris & Co (Artist, American, active 1880s), 1880 (ca), Portrait of a Wallpaperer, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/131009
Giraudon's Artist, 1870s (late), Two Women with Donkey, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117173
Robert Frank, 1955-1956 (ca), Highway overpasses--Los Angeles, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130103
Alfred Stieglitz, 1921, Georgia O'Keeffe-Hands and Grapes, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/103604
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Sebastopol, From Left Attack, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76800
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
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
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of Three Young Men, Ambrotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117820
Unidentified photographer, 1880s, Baby, Tintype, hand-coloured, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54871
Charles A. Nast, 1885 (ca, taken) 1900 (published), Ute Chief Severo and Family, Photo-chromolithograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117780
Alex V. Olszewsky (artist, American), 1860s, Portrait of a Wicker Chair Maker, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128258
Charles Le Morvan (French, 1865 - 1933), 1904, Carte photographique de la lune, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117792
J.R. Tewksbury, 1890 (ca), Backmark for "J.R. Tewksbury, Front Street, Fort Madison. Iowa.", Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128276
Joseph R. Tewksbury, 1890 (ca.), Portrait of a Blacksmith, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132389
Solomon Telingater, 1930, Central Theater of the Red Army: First Cavalry, Collage, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/78331
Felice Beato, 1860, October, Arch in the Lama Temple Near Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76806
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
Eadweard Muybridge, 1879, Horses. Running. Phyrne L. No. 40, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117776
Robert Frank, 1955, Street scene--Houston, Texas, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130107
Francis Frith, 1857 (ca), The Ramasseum of El-Kurneh, Thebes, First View, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/78341
Laura F. Weeks, 1899 (ca.), Portrait of an Advertising Woman with Leather Products, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132386
Paul-Émile Miot, 1870s, Chien de Garvel (Martinique), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117772
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
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
Charles Marville, 1851 (ca), Salle des Cariatides, au Musée du Louvre, Salted paper print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92663
Carleton E. Watkins, 1860s (ca), Donner Lake, California, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92700
John Murray, 1858-1862 (ca), Nynee Tall from South End, Paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117744
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
Unidentified photographer (America), 1860 (ca), Portrait of a Woman with Sewing Machine, Ambrotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128257
Edel (American), 1895 (ca), "Anna in Union College Laundry", Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128280
Roger Fenton / Dr. Hugh Welch Diamond, 1855 (ca), Roger Fenton, Salted paper print, from collodion glass negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76756
Linnaeus Tripe, 1855, 1 September - 21 October, Amerapoora: South Ditch of the City Wall, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/59087
Lewis M. Rutherfurd, 1860, View of the Moon, Stereoview, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117761
Robert Frank, 1951, Nuns crossing street, Paris, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130092
Hiram F. Alley, 1890 (ca.), Portrait of Mailmen, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132388
Henry P. Bosse, 1885, Ponton Bridge at Read's Landing, Minn., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76735
Manville & Schroder (Greenbay, Wisconsin), 1864 (ca), Portrait of a Native American Woman, Carte de visite, painted, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130896
Charles Marville, 1864-1867, February (before), Rue Saint-Jacques, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92667
Robert Frank, 1941-1945, Radio tubes--40 Fotos, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130076
Taylor (artist, American), 1900 (ca), Portrait of a Weaving Mill Woman, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128289
Detroit Photographic Co., 1899 (published), Mississippi Cotton Gin at Dahomey, Photo-chromolithograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117812
Lady Frances Jocelyn, 1865, Intérieur, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/84939
Henry Fox Talbot, 1839-1840, Leaf Study, Photogenic drawing, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76760
Unidentified photographer, 1941-1945, Robert Frank, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130077
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
Unidentified photographer (America), 1850s, Portrait of a School Teacher and Class, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128256
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
James W. Williams, 1860 (ca), Portrait of a Man, Salted paper print, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117746
Warren De la Rue, 1858-1859 (taken) 1862 (print), Full Moon, Stereoscopic glass transparency, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117747
L.P. Greenlund & Co. (artist, American, active 1890s-1910s), 1880s (ca), Portrait of a Tinsmith, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128273
Henry Fox Talbot, 1845, A Scene in York: York Minster from Lop Lane, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76767
Peter Henry Emerson, 1890 (ca, taken) 1895 (ca, print), Gnarled-Thorn Trees, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117779
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 Rosenstock, 1860s, Frank P. Cosper, a Young Typesetter, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132398
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 / Unidentified maker, 1918 (ca), Portrait of a Soldier, Celluloid photo button, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132384
Carleton E. Watkins, 1880s, Alcatraz Island and San Francisco Bay, Looking North, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92698
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
William J. Stillman, 1869-1870, The Acropolis of Athens, plate 20, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/41616
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
Garrett's (artist, American), 1866 (ca), Portrait of a Fireman, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128266
Thomas H. Johnson, 1863-1865 (ca), Olyphant, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117750
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
Felice Beato, 1860, Interior and Arches of the 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/76820
Joseph Wright (British, 1734 - 1797), 1782-1784, The Corinthian Maid, Oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/93374
Désiré Charnay, 1863, Femme Malgache et Ses Enfants (Madagascan Woman and Her Children) (Plate 3), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117762
Linnaeus Tripe, 1858, January-February, Madura: The Vygay River, with Causeway, across to Madura, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/59085
Eadweard Muybridge, 1887, Animal Locomotion, Plate 523, Collotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54900
Charles Marville, 1856, Statue of Clovis, Church of Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92668
Unidentified photographer, 1888 (ca), Untitled (Fishbowl), Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54872
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Tall Bull, Chief of the Sioux, Carte de visite, painted, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130865
Henry P. Bosse, 1891, Levee at La Crosse, Wis., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76749
Eadweard Muybridge, 1877, Quezaltenango from the Crater of a Volcano, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92684
William H. Bell, 1872, Rain Sculpture, Salt Creek Canon, Utah, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117821
Charles Amedee Philippe Van Loo (French, 1719-1795), 1764, The Magic Lantern (detail), OIl on canvas, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/64064
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
Robert Frank, 1956, Woman in hallway--San Francisco, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130117
Robert Frank, 1956, Master Taxidermist--Wyoming, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130115
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
James Tyler, 1855 (ca), Our Pastor's Circle, Daguerreotypes, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/77650
Loewy et Puiseux, 1899, Photographie Lunaire Blancanus - Tycho - Schiller, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117787
Max Wolf and Joh. Palisa, 1901, 24 April, Photographische Sternkarten, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117789
Asahel Curtis, 1910, Indian Whalers Stripping Their Prey at Neah Bay, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117796
Jean Baptiste Corot, 1858, The Hermit's Woods, or the Banks of Lake Trasimène (Le Bois de l'Hermite, ou les Bords du Lac Trasimène), Salted paper print (cliche verre), National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117749
William J. Stillman, 1869-1870, The Acropolis of Athens, plate 14, Carbon print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54901
Felice Beato, 1860, Head Quarter House, First Division, Pehtang, China, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76818
Conrad Rippel (artist, American, 1853-1936), 1890s (ca), Portrait of a Tinware Advertising Woman, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128277
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 A. Nast, 1885 (ca, taken) 1900 (published), Ute Chief Severo and Family, Photo-chromolithograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117829
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
Charles Amedee Philippe Van Loo (French, 1719-1795), 1764, The Camera Obscura, OIl on canvas, framed, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/73651
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
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
Unidentified collagist, n.d., [A Boardman], Collage, with albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/78332
Eadweard Muybridge, 1879, Studies of Foreshortenings. Horses. Walking. Mahomet. Nos. 119-120, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117777
H. Hoyt (artist, American), 1905 (ca), Newspaper Boys for "The Baltimore News", Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128293
Lewis Carroll, 1860, Lorina and Alice Liddell in Chinese Dress, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/77649
Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, 1890s, Sunshine and Shadow, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117827
Charles Marville, 1857 (ca), Charles Delahaye, Albumen-coated, salt print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92660
Robert Frank, 1955, Automobile on U.S. 285, New Mexico, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130094
G.T. Putnam, 1875 (ca), Charles F. Hanson, Piano Forte Tuner and Repairer, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128270
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Distant View of the Arsenal, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76784
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, John Stuart-Wortley, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe, Salted paper print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76772
William J. Stillman, 1882, Propylaea from the Southwest, Carbon print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54903
Édouard Baldus, 1856-1857, Bibliothèque Imperiale du Louvre, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117733
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
Anna Atkins, 1840s, Ferns. Specimen of Cyanotype, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92649
William Matthew Prior (artist, 1806-1873), 1845 (ca), Baby in Blue, Oil on paper, attached to panel, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/58934
Édouard Baldus, 1855 (ca), Les Ponchettes à Nice, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117726
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
William Robert Baker, 1850, Nether Hall, Waxed-paper negative with brown and black ink, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130437
Charles Nègre, 1859, Borée enlevant Orythie, jardin des Tuileries. Paris 1er, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/67053
Unidentified photographer (American), 1845 (ca), Portrait of a Man and Girl with Horse and Dog, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/126502
Arthur E. Durham, 1870s, Microphotograph of Traverse Section of Wood (Salisburia), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117811
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843, An Ancient Door, Magdalen College, Oxford, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76761
Eadweard Muybridge, 1877, Ruins of the Church of San Miguel, Panama, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54895
Henry P. Bosse, 1885, C.M. & St. P. RR Bridge at Sabula, Ia., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76732
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
Alex V. Olszewsky (Artist, American, active 1855-1865), 1860s, Wicker Chairs, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132395
Robert Frank, 1956, Butte, Montana, [The Americans], Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130110
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Botanical Photogram, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117753
Felice Beato, 1860, Entrance to the Five Genii Temple, Canton, April 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76809
Warren De la Rue, 1858-1859 (taken) 1862 (print), View of the Moon, Stereoscopic glass transparency, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117748
Louis de Clercq, 1859, Kalaat el Hosn (Castle of the Knights, Syria), Paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54876
Felice Beato, 1860, Exterior of North Fort Showing the English Entrance, August 21, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76812
J.R. Tewksbury, 1890 (ca), Portrait of a Blacksmith, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128275
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
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
Alex V. Olszewsky (Artist, American, active 1855-1865), 1860s, Wicker Chair, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132392
Felice Beato, 1860, Thibetan Monument in the Lama Temple, Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76829
Charles Amedee Philippe Van Loo (French, 1719-1795), 1764, The Camera Obscura (detail), OIl on canvas, detail, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54475
Unidentified photographer, 1870s (ca), Elephantiasis, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117774
   

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