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Linnaeus Tripe, 1858, January-February, Madura: The Vygay River, with Causeway, across to Madura, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/59085
Asahel Curtis, 1910, The King of the Seas in the Hands of the Makahs, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117797
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
Robert Frank, 1955, Boy sitting on automobile--North Carolina, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130095
Felice Beato, 1860, Entrance to the Treasury, Canton, April 10, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76810
Alfred Stieglitz, 1923, Laundry, Lake George [version], Photograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132171
Charles Marville, 1856, Statue of Clovis, Church of Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92668
Henry P. Bosse, 1889, From Bluffs at Merrimac, Minn. Looking Downstream, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76739
Henry P. Bosse, 1891, Levee at La Crosse, Wis., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76749
Henry Fox Talbot, 1839-1840, Leaf Study, Photogenic drawing, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76760
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
Roger Fenton, 1858, Lichfield Cathedral from the North-west, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54888
Linnaeus Tripe, 1855, 1 September - 21 October, Amerapoora: Ouk Kyoung, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/59088
Aimé-Jules Dalou, 1891 (ca) (cast after 1907), Portrait Mask of Etienne Carjat, Bronze, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/51580
Unidentified photographer / Unidentified maker, 1918 (ca), Portrait of a Soldier, Celluloid photo button, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132384
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
Robert Frank, 1956, Woman in hallway--San Francisco, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130117
Detroit Photographic Co., 1899 (published), Orange Packing at Redlands, Photo-chromolithograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117813
Juan Laurent, 1874, Madrid…752…Vista general interior de la nueva plaza de toros, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130261
Henry P. Bosse, 1889, Read's Landing, Minn., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76741
A.F Ferris & Co (Artist, American, active 1880s), 1880 (ca), Portrait of a Wallpaperer, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/131009
Robert Frank, 1955, Cotton harvesters--Arkansas, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130099
Robert Macpherson, 1861, The Templum Minerva Medica and the Surrounding Area, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/78344
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, John Stuart-Wortley, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe, Salted paper print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76772
Unidentified photographer (America), 1850s, A. H. Goldon, Daguerreotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128252
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
Thomas H. Johnson, 1863-1865 (ca), Olyphant, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117750
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of a Woman Washing Dishes, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132397
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, 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 photographer, 1888 (ca), Untitled (Fishbowl), Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54872
2015, Radiograph of a wax sculpture by Edgar Degas, X-ray, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76289
Unidentified photographer, 1870s (ca), Elephantiasis, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117773
Désiré Charnay, 1863, Trois Femmes Malgaches (Plate 30), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117764
Lewis M. Rutherfurd, 1860, View of the Moon, Stereoview, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117761
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
W.J. Chapman (artist, British, 1830-c. 1923), 1884, Lewis Charlton, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128274
William Robert Baker, 1850, Nether Hall, Waxed-paper negative with brown and black ink, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130437
Louis-Emile Durandelle, 1868 (taken) 1878-1881 (print), Rostral Column, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117822
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
Jacob Byerly, 1863 (ca.), Portrait of a Woman with a Wash Tub, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132400
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
Édouard Baldus, 1855 (ca), Les Ponchettes à Nice, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117726
Garrett's (artist, American), 1866 (ca), Portrait of a Fireman, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128266
Édouard Baldus, 1855 (ca), Abbaye du Gard pres d' Abbeville, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117725
Charles Nègre, 1852 (ca), Chateau of Vallambrosa, Cannes, Waxed paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92689
Alex V. Olszewsky (artist, American), 1860s, Wicker chairs, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128265
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
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, 1853, The Virtues Crushing the Vices, Strasbourg Cathedral, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92658
Loewy et Puiseux, 1903, Photographie Lunaire Albategnius - Triesnecker - Manilius, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117791
Viscountess Jocelyn (British, 1820-1880), 1862 (ca), Interior of Room, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92679
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
Robert Frank, 1955, Football players--Louisiana, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130101
Unidentified photographer (American), 1845 (ca), Portrait of a Man and Girl with Horse and Dog, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/126502
Alex V. Olszewsky (Artist, American, active 1855-1865), 1860s, Wicker Chair, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132392
Eadweard Muybridge, 1887, Plate Number 469. Child running, Collotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117815
Robert Frank, 1956, Man reading in automobile--Los Angeles, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130113
Edouard Manet, 1873, Le chemin de fer [Die Eisenbahn], Oil painting, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/40743
Charles Amedee Philippe Van Loo (French, 1719-1795), 1764, The Camera Obscura, OIl on canvas, framed, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/73651
Édouard Baldus, 1855 (ca), Théâtre Romain à Arles (Roman Theater in Arles), Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117727
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), Backmark for "J.R. Tewksbury, Front Street, Fort Madison. Iowa.", Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128276
Peter Henry Emerson, 1890 (ca, taken) 1895 (ca, print), Gnarled-Thorn Trees, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117779
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of a Civil War Widow, Ambrotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117758
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
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843, An Ancient Door, Magdalen College, Oxford, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76761
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
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
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
Roger Fenton, 1855, Captain Graham and Captain MacLeod, 42nd Regiment, Salted paper print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54889
Eadweard Muybridge, 1872, Tenaya Canyon from Union Point, Valley of the Yosemite, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54892
Unidentified photographer / Unidentified maker, 1920 (ca), Portrait of Three Children, Celluloid photo button, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132382
Robert Frank, 1956, Master Taxidermist--Wyoming, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130115
Alfred Stieglitz, 1894 (taken) 1895-1896 (print), A Venetian Well, Platinum print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/120911
American 20th Century (artist), 1960 (ca), The Photographer's Studio, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128299
John P. Soule, 1863, Full Moon, Stereoview, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117767
Manville & Schroder (Greenbay, Wisconsin), 1864 (ca), Portrait of a Native American Woman, Carte de visite, painted, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130896
Charles A. Nast, 1885 (ca, taken) 1900 (published), Ute Chief Severo and Family, Photo-chromolithograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117829
Unidentified photographer / Unidentified maker, 1940 (ca.), Portrait of a Sailor, U.S.S. Enterprise, Celluloid photo button, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132381
2015, Radiographs of Edgar Degas wax sculptures, X-ray, composite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76288
Felice Beato, 1860, October, Architectural View of the Lama Temple Near Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76807
Édouard Baldus, 1856-1857, Bibliothèque Imperiale du Louvre, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117733
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
Felice Beato, 1860, Shops and Street, Chinese City of Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76826
A-Cheong (artist, Chinese, Hong Kong, active 1900s-1910s), 1901-1904, Portrait of a Sailor, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128294
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Distant View of the Arsenal, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76784
Eadweard Muybridge, 1877, Quezaltenango from the Crater of a Volcano, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92684
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
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Fortification above Balaclava Harbor, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76785
Felice Beato, 1860, Thibetan Monument in the Lama Temple, Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76829
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
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
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
Laura F. Weeks, 1899 (ca.), Portrait of an Advertising Woman with Leather Products, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132386
Unidentified photographer (American 19th century), 1860s, Portrait of a Print Colorist, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132399
Linnaeus Tripe, 1855, 1 September - 21 October, Amerapoora: South Ditch of the City Wall, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/59087
Charles A. Nast, 1885 (ca, taken) 1900 (published), Ute Chief Severo and Family, Photo-chromolithograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117780
Alfred Stieglitz, 1921, Georgia O'Keeffe-Hands and Grapes, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/103604
G.T. Putnam, 1875 (ca), Charles F. Hanson, Piano Forte Tuner and Repairer, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128270
Walker Evans, 1971, Laundry Drying, Frank's House, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132172
Charles Amedee Philippe Van Loo (French, 1719-1795), 1764, The Camera Obscura (detail), OIl on canvas, detail, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54475
Thomas Annan, 1868-1871 (taken) 1877 (print), Plate 32: Close, No. 128 Saltmarket, Carbon print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117814
William F. Sleight (artist, American, 1857-1918), 1897 (ca), Portrait of Night Soil Pumpers, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128301
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76782
Felice Beato, 1860, The Great Imperial Porcelain Palace Yuen Min Yuen, Pekin, October 18, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76816
Max Wolf and Joh. Palisa, 1904, 6 July, Photographische Sternkarten, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117793
Unidentified photographer (America), 1850s, Portrait of a School Teacher and Class, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128256
Louis de Clercq, 1859, Kalaat-El-Hosn, Deuxième Enciente, Extérieur, Tour d'Angle, sud-ouest, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54879
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
Anna Atkins, 1840s, Ferns. Specimen of Cyanotype, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92649
Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, 1893, Untitled (Study of the Sun's Surface), Woodburytype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117783
Eadweard Muybridge, 1875 (taken) 1877 (published), Setting out a Coffee Plantation at Antigua de Guatemala, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92687
David Brokaw, 1853, Oberlin College Graduates, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132403
John Moran, 1863 (ca), The Wissahickon Creek near Philadelphia, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92680
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, 1860s, Tall Bull, Chief of the Sioux, Carte de visite, painted, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130865
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
Henry Draper, 1860, Full Moon, Stereoview, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117754
Hiram F. Alley, 1890 (ca.), Portrait of Mailmen, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132388
Charles Nègre, 1859, Borée enlevant Orythie, jardin des Tuileries. Paris 1er, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/67053
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
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
Alex V. Olszewsky (artist, American), 1860s, Wicker chair, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128263
Yung Fong (artist, Shanghai, Chinese), 1908, Kitten, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128298
Unidentified photographer, 1870s (ca), Elephantiasis, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117774
Unidentified photographer / Unidentified maker, 1918 (ca), Portrait of a U.S. Army Musician, Celluloid photo button, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132383
Detroit Photographic Co., 1899 (published), Mississippi Cotton Gin at Dahomey, Photo-chromolithograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117812
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
Henry Fox Talbot, 1839-1844, Lace, Photogenic drawing negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76759
American 20th Century (artist), 1920 (ca), Portrait of Three Children, Celluloid photo button, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128296
Loewy et Puiseux, 1899, Photographie Lunaire Blancanus - Tycho - Schiller, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117787
William H. Bell, 1872, Rain Sculpture, Salt Creek Canon, Utah, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117821
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, Entrance to the Winter Palace, Pekin, October 29, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76811
John Murray, 1858-1862 (ca), Nynee Tall from South End, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117745
Detroit Photographic Co., 1900 (published), A Monday Washing, New York City, Photo-chromolithograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117807
Robert Frank, 1956, Butte, Montana, [The Americans], Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130110
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
Unidentified photographer, 1850s, Portrait of a Man, Salted paper print, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117742
Robert Frank, 1955, Street scene--Houston, Texas, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130107
W.D. Fay, 1860s, Portrait of Child Maids, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128260
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
   

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