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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
Felice Beato, 1860, Exterior of the Tomb Depot Near Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76814
Paul-Émile Miot, 1870s, Chien de Garvel (Martinique), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117772
Felice Beato, 1860, Entrance to the Treasury, Canton, April 10, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76810
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76782
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
Carleton E. Watkins, 1861, Grizzly Giant, Mariposa Grove, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92697
Giorgio Sommer, 1873, Impronte Umane, Pompei (Human Cast, Pompeii), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117809
William J. Stillman, 1869-1870, The Acropolis of Athens, plate 21, Carbon print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54902
Alexander Svoboda, 1866, Gigantic Head Cut in the Solid Rock, Lately Discovered near Smyrna at the Entrance of a Cave, [The Seven Churches of Asia], Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/123832
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
Giraudon's Artist, 1870s (late), Two Women with Donkey, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117173
Unidentified photographer, 1880s, Baby, Tintype, hand-coloured, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54871
Unidentified photographer, 1870s (ca), Portrait of Two Boys, Tintype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117724
Aimé-Jules Dalou, 1891 (ca) (cast after 1907), Portrait Mask of Etienne Carjat, Bronze, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/51580
A.F. Ferris & Co. (artist, American), 1880 (ca), Portrait of a Wallpaperer, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128272
Viscountess Jocelyn (British, 1820-1880), 1862 (ca), Interior of Room, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92679
Thomas H. Johnson, 1863-1865 (ca), Waymart, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117752
Alex V. Olszewsky (artist, American), 1860s, Wicker chair, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128264
John Moran, 1863 (ca), The Wissahickon Creek near Philadelphia, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92680
Charles Marville, 1857 (ca), Charles Delahaye, Albumen-coated, salt print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92660
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of a Boy, Albumen print, with applied colour, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117756
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
Lewis M. Rutherfurd, 1860, View of the Moon, Stereoview, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117761
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
Max Wolf and Joh. Palisa, 1904, 6 July, Photographische Sternkarten, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117793
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Tall Bull, Chief of the Sioux, Carte de visite, painted, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130865
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, Shops and Street, Chinese City of Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76826
Robert Frank, 1946, Paris seen from automobile, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130085
Unidentified photographer (America), 1850s, A. H. Goldon, Daguerreotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128252
Eadweard Muybridge, 1877, Quezaltenango from the Crater of a Volcano, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92684
Charles Amedee Philippe Van Loo (French, 1719-1795), 1764, The Camera Obscura (detail), OIl on canvas, detail, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/61848
George N. Barnard, 1864, Rebel Works in Front of Atlanta, GA, No. 4, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92672
Anna Atkins, 1840s, Ferns. Specimen of Cyanotype, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92649
Henry P. Bosse, 1889, From Bluffs at Merrimac, Minn. Looking Downstream, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76739
F. Jay Haynes, 1884 (ca), Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and Falls, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117808
Peter Henry Emerson, 1888, The Poacher-A Hare in View, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117816
Unidentified photographer (America), 1860s, Portrait of a Woman Washing Dishes, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128259
Robert Frank, 1956, Coffee shop--Butte, Montana, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130111
Unidentified photographer, 1870s (ca), Elephantiasis, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117773
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
Louis de Clercq, 1860, Grenade, Alhambra, Porte d'Entree de la Forteresse, Albumen print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54874
Charles Marville, 1864-1867, February (before), Rue Saint-Jacques, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92667
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Botanical Photogram, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117753
Robert Frank, 1955, Boy sitting on automobile--North Carolina, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130095
Eadweard Muybridge, 1872, Cathedral Spires, Valley of the Yosemite, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92683
Charles Marville, 1853, The Virtues Crushing the Vices, Strasbourg Cathedral, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92658
Henry P. Bosse, 1891, Construction of Rock and Brush Dam, L.W. 1891, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76743
Désiré Charnay, 1863, Femme Malgache et Ses Enfants (Madagascan Woman and Her Children) (Plate 3), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117762
Robert Frank, 1941 (ca), Banana in sand--Design, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130072
Henry P. Bosse, 1885, Ponton Bridge at Read's Landing, Minn., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76735
Francis Frith, 1857 (ca), The Ramasseum of El-Kurneh, Thebes, First View, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/78341
Carleton E. Watkins, 1861, River View of the Royal Arches, Yosemite, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92699
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, 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
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
Detroit Photographic Co., 1900 (published), A Monday Washing, New York City, Photo-chromolithograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117807
Antonio Shindler, 1868, Alexander Gardner, William Henry Jackson, and Antonio Zeno Shindler with Pueblo delegates Alejandro Padilla, Governor of Isleta, and Ambrosio Abeita, Ex-Governor of Isleta, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117769
Robert Frank, 1956, Woman in hallway--San Francisco, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130117
Charles Amedee Philippe Van Loo (French, 1719-1795), 1764, The Magic Lantern (detail), OIl on canvas, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/64064
Charles Amedee Philippe Van Loo (French, 1719-1795), 1764, The Camera Obscura (detail), OIl on canvas, detail, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54475
William J. Stillman, 1882, Propylaea from the Southwest, Carbon print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54903
Unidentified photographer, 1850s, Portrait of a Mother and Four Children, Salted paper print, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117743
Unidentified photographer, 1850 (ca), Portrait of a Fireman, Daguerreotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117817
Unidentified photographer (America), 1867 (ca), Specimens of Gunshot Fractures of the Femur, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117826
Édouard Baldus, 1861 (or later), Toulon, Gare (Toulon, Train Station), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117734
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
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
Felice Beato, 1860, The Great Pagoda in the Imperial Winter Palace, Pekin, October 29, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76817
W.E. Huber (American, active 1860s), 1860s, Portrait of a Knife Sharpener, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128262
Hiram F. Alley (artist, American, 1847-1933), 1890 (ca), Portrait of Mailmen, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128279
Eadweard Muybridge, 1879, Horses. Running. Phyrne L. No. 40, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117776
Edouard Manet, 1873-1874, Le bal de l'opéra [Maskenball in der Oper], Oil painting, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/40754
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Camp of the 17th Regiment, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76781
Unidentified photographer (America), 1850 (ca), Portrait of a Brother and Postmortem Sister, Ambrotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128248
Warren De la Rue, 1858-1859 (taken) 1862 (print), Full Moon, Stereoscopic glass transparency, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117747
Arthur E. Durham, 1870s, Microphotograph of Traverse Section of Wood (Salisburia), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117811
Édouard Baldus, 1855 (ca), Abbaye du Gard pres d' Abbeville, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117725
Louis de Clercq, 1859, Kalaat el Hosn (Castle of the Knights, Syria), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54877
Eadweard Muybridge, 1877, Moonlight Effect-Bay of Panama, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54893
Louis-Rémy Robert, 1854 (ca), Cascade at the Chateau de St. Cloud., Salt print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76043
Unidentified photographer (British), 1850s (ca), Hothocleana, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117740
Eadweard Muybridge, 1887, Animal Locomotion, Plate 523, Collotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54900
Giorgio Sommer, 1870 (ca), Casa di Marco Lucrezio, Pompei (House of Marco Lucrezio, Pompeii), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117806
Asahel Curtis, 1910, Indian Whalers Stripping Their Prey at Neah Bay, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117796
William Matthew Prior (artist, 1806-1873), 1845 (ca), Baby in Blue, Oil on paper, attached to panel, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/58934
Armour & Co. (artist, American), 1904 (ca), Portrait of Electric Light Installers, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128300
Alfred Stieglitz, 1894 (taken) 1895-1896 (print), A Venetian Well, Platinum print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/120911
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
Charles Nègre, 1852 (ca), Chateau of Vallambrosa, Cannes, Waxed paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92689
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
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
Linnaeus Tripe, 1855, 1 September - 21 October, Amerapoora: Ouk Kyoung, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/59088
Eadweard Muybridge, 1887, Plate Number 758. Cockatoo flying, Collotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117782
Unidentified photographer, 1941-1945, Robert Frank, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130077
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
Joseph Wright (British, 1734 - 1797), 1782-1784, The Corinthian Maid, Oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/93374
Robert Frank, 1946 (ca), Eye in shutter--40 Fotos, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130084
Thomas Annan, 1868-1871 (taken) 1877 (print), Plate 32: Close, No. 128 Saltmarket, Carbon print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117814
H. Hoyt (artist, American), 1905 (ca), Newspaper Boys for "The Baltimore News", Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128293
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
Henry P. Bosse, 1889, Read's Landing, Minn., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76741
Unidentified photographer (Great Britain), 1848, John Ashworth, Edmund Ashworth, Edmund Ashworth, Jr., Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/131392
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of a Girl, Salted paper print, hand-painted, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76768
Felice Beato, 1860, Temple of Confucius, Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76827
Unidentified photographer (America), 1860 (ca), Portrait of a Woman with Sewing Machine, Ambrotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128257
Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, 1893, Untitled (Study of the Sun's Surface), Woodburytype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117783
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
Roger Fenton, 1855, Captain Graham and Captain MacLeod, 42nd Regiment, Salted paper print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54889
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
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Sebastopol, View of Harbor, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76801
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, October, Arch in the Lama Temple Near Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76806
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, 1956, Man reading in automobile--Los Angeles, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130113
Unidentified photographer, 1850s, Portrait of a Man, Salted paper print, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117742
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
Eadweard Muybridge, 1887, Animal Locomotion, Plate 340, Collotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54898
Carleton E. Watkins, 1860s (ca), Donner Lake, California, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92700
Robert Frank, 1955, Street scene--Houston, Texas, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130107
Edouard Manet, 1873, Le chemin de fer [Die Eisenbahn], Oil painting, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/40743
William J. Stillman, 1869-1870, The Acropolis of Athens, plate 14, Carbon print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54901
Lady Frances Jocelyn, 1865, Intérieur, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/84939
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of a Civil War Soldier, Tintype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117723
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of a Civil War Soldier, Ambrotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117757
W.D. Fay, 1860s, Portrait of Child Maids, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128260
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843 (ca), Trees and Reflections, Lacock Abbey, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92648
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
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Remains of Stone Buildings, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76795
Carleton E. Watkins, 1868-1869, Sugar Loaf Island, Farallons, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92691
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
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, View of Street with Soldiers, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76804
Henry P. Bosse, 1885, Guard Rock, Des Moines Rapids Canal L.W., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76734
W.J. Chapman (artist, British, 1830-c. 1923), 1884, Lewis Charlton, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128274
Felice Beato, 1860, Entrance to the Winter Palace, Pekin, October 29, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76811
Charles Marville, 1864-1870, Hôtel de la Marine, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92657
Robert Frank, 1941-1945, Zurich telephone directory--40 Fotos, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130078
American 20th Century (artist), 1960 (ca), The Photographer's Studio, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128299
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
Alex V. Olszewsky (artist, American), 1860s, Portrait of a Wicker Chair Maker, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128258
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
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Fortification above Balaclava Harbor, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76785
Max Wolf and Joh. Palisa, 1901, 15 October, Photographische Sternkarten, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117790
Alfred Stieglitz, 1921, Georgia O'Keeffe-Hands and Grapes, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/103604
Henry P. Bosse, 1885, C.M. & St. P. RR Bridge at Sabula, Ia., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76732
Eadweard Muybridge, 1879, Studies of Foreshortenings. Horses. Walking. Mahomet. Nos. 119-120, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117777
Henry Draper, 1860, Full Moon, Stereoview, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117754
G.T. Putnam, 1875 (ca), Charles F. Hanson, Piano Forte Tuner and Repairer, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128270
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
   

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