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Felice Beato, 1860, The Great Imperial Porcelain Palace Yuen Min Yuen, Pekin, October 18, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76816
Charles Marville, 1856, Statue of Clovis, Church of Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92668
Detroit Photographic Co., 1899 (published), Mississippi Cotton Gin at Dahomey, Photo-chromolithograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117812
Felice Beato, 1860, Temple of Confucius, Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76827
Unidentified photographer (America), 1850s, A. H. Goldon, Daguerreotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128252
Lewis Carroll, 1860, Lorina and Alice Liddell in Chinese Dress, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/77649
Louis de Clercq, 1859, Kalaat el Hosn (Castle of the Knights, Syria), Paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54876
Unidentified photographer (American 19th century), 1850s, Portrait of a Girl in the Clouds, Daguerreotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132404
Felice Beato, 1860, Shops and Street, Chinese City of Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76826
Robert Frank, 1955-1956 (ca), Buildings and billboard--Beverly Hills, California, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130096
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, Hutted Camp with Balaclava Harbor in Distance, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76790
Peter M. Puhl (artist, American, 1849-1924), 1900, Coal Delivery Boys, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128288
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, John Stuart-Wortley, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe, Salted paper print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76772
Detroit Photographic Co., 1899 (published), Orange Packing at Redlands, Photo-chromolithograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117813
Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, 1890s, Sunshine and Shadow, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117827
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843, An Ancient Door, Magdalen College, Oxford, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76761
Unidentified photographer (America), 1850s, Portrait of a School Teacher and Class, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128256
Felice Beato, 1860, The Great Pagoda in the Imperial Winter Palace, Pekin, October 29, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76817
Edel (American), 1895 (ca), "Anna in Union College Laundry", Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128280
Eadweard Muybridge, 1877, Quezaltenango from the Crater of a Volcano, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92684
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Sebastopol, From Left Attack, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76800
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
Asahel Curtis, 1910, Indian Whalers Stripping Their Prey at Neah Bay, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117796
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
Edouard Manet, 1878, La prune [Der Pflaumenschnaps], Oil painting, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/40747
Manville & Schroder (Greenbay, Wisconsin), 1864 (ca), Portrait of a Native American Woman, Carte de visite, painted, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130896
John Murray, 1858-1862 (ca), Nynee Tall from South End, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117745
Charles Marville, 1864-1870, Hôtel de la Marine, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92657
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
Jacob D. Byerly, 1855 (ca), Frederick, Maryland, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128253
Robert Frank, 1941-1945, Zurich telephone directory--40 Fotos, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130078
Louis-Rémy Robert, 1854 (ca), Cascade at the Chateau de St. Cloud., Salt print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76043
Charles Marville, 1853, The Virtues Crushing the Vices, Strasbourg Cathedral, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92658
Robert Frank, 1956, Man with I.D. button--San Francisco, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130114
Linnaeus Tripe, 1858, January-February, Madura: The Vygay River, with Causeway, across to Madura, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/59085
Carleton E. Watkins, 1871, Malakoff Diggins, North Bloomfield, Nevada County, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92693
Garrett's (artist, American), 1866 (ca), Portrait of a Fireman, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128266
Henry P. Bosse, 1885, Ponton Bridge at Read's Landing, Minn., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76735
Robert Frank, 1946, Paris seen from automobile, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130085
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Remains of the Malakoff Tower, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76796
Loewy et Puiseux, 1899, Photographie Lunaire Rayonnement de Tycho - Phase Croissante, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117788
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Panorama of Sebastopol No. 1, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76794
Linnaeus Tripe, 1855, 1 September - 21 October, Amerapoora: Ouk Kyoung, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/59088
Unidentified collagist, n.d., [A Boardman], Collage, with albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/78332
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
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, 1860s, Botanical Photogram, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117722
Juan Laurent, 1874, Madrid…752…Vista general interior de la nueva plaza de toros, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130261
Gustave Le Gray, 1856 (ca), Beech Tree, Forest of Fontainebleau, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92654
Max Wolf and Joh. Palisa, 1901, 24 April, Photographische Sternkarten, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117789
Charles Marville, 1864-1867, February (before), Rue Saint-Jacques, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92667
Charles Amedee Philippe Van Loo (French, 1719-1795), 1764, The Camera Obscura, OIl on canvas, framed, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/73651
H. Hoyt (artist, American), 1905 (ca), Newspaper Boys for "The Baltimore News", Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128293
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
Paul-Émile Miot, 1870s, Chien de Garvel (Martinique), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117772
Lady Frances Jocelyn, 1865, Intérieur, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/84939
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Sebastopol, View of Harbor, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76801
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
Warren De la Rue, 1858-1859 (taken) 1862 (print), View of the Moon, Stereoscopic glass transparency, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117748
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of a Girl, Salted paper print, hand-painted, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76768
Unidentified photographer (American 19th century), 1850s, Portrait of a Tinsmith, Daguerreotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132405
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, 1860s, Portrait of a Woman Washing Dishes, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132397
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
Henry Fox Talbot, 1845, A Scene in York: York Minster from Lop Lane, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76767
J.R. Tewksbury, 1890 (ca), Portrait of a Blacksmith, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128275
L.P. Greenlund & Co., 1880s (ca.), Portrait of a Tinsmith, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132390
Alex V. Olszewsky (Artist, American, active 1855-1865), 1860s, Wicker Chairs, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132395
Robert Frank, 1946 (ca), Eye in shutter--40 Fotos, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130083
Anna Atkins, 1840s, Ferns. Specimen of Cyanotype, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92649
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
Giorgio Sommer, 1873, Impronte Umane, Pompei (Human Cast, Pompeii), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117810
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
Asahel Curtis, 1910, Indian Whalers Homeward Bound from the Pacific, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117795
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Courtyard with Domed Building in Ruins, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76783
Thomas Annan, 1868-1871 (taken) 1877 (print), Plate 32: Close, No. 128 Saltmarket, Carbon print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117814
Robert Frank, 1956, Master Taxidermist--Wyoming, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130115
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of Three Young Men, Ambrotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117820
Robert Frank, 1955, Street scene--Houston, Texas, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130107
James Tyler, 1855 (ca), Our Pastor's Circle, Daguerreotypes, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/77650
Robert Frank, 1955, Football players--Louisiana, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130101
James Fitzallen Ryder, 1862, Photographic Views on the Atlantic & Great Western Railway, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76730
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Distant View of the Arsenal, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76784
Giorgio Sommer, 1873, Impronte Umane, Pompei (Human Cast, Pompeii), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117809
Henry P. Bosse, 1889, Read's Landing, Minn., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76741
Felice Beato, 1860, Head Quarter House, First Division, Pehtang, China, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76818
Taylor (artist, American), 1900 (ca), Portrait of a Weaving Mill Woman, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128289
Roger Fenton, 1858, Lichfield Cathedral from the North-west, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54888
A.E. Alden, 1868, Andrew and Billie, Furniture Movers, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128268
Hugh Welch Diamond, 1855 (ca), Woman Holding a Dead Bird, Surrey County Asylum, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76757
Charles A. Nast, 1885 (ca, taken) 1900 (published), Ute Chief Severo and Family, Photo-chromolithograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117829
Charles Nègre, 1859, Borée enlevant Orythie, jardin des Tuileries. Paris 1er, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/67053
Robert Frank, 1955-1956 (ca), Highway overpasses--Los Angeles, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130103
Charles Marville, 1851 (ca), Salle des Cariatides, au Musée du Louvre, Salted paper print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92663
Conrad Rippel (artist, American, 1853-1936), 1890s (ca), Portrait of a Tinware Advertising Woman, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128277
Eadweard Muybridge, 1875 (taken) 1877 (published), Setting out a Coffee Plantation at Antigua de Guatemala, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92687
Unidentified photographer / Unidentified maker, 1918 (ca), Portrait of a Soldier, Celluloid photo button, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132384
Eadweard Muybridge, 1887, Animal Locomotion, Plate 523, Collotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54900
Unidentified photographer, 1850s, Portrait of a Family, Salted paper print, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117741
Édouard Baldus, 1856-1857, Bibliothèque Imperiale du Louvre, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117733
Felice Beato, 1860, Entrance to the Treasury, Canton, April 10, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76810
Baynham Jones Jr., 1855 (ca), Farm Yard, Prestbury near Cheltenham, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/131126
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
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
Robert Frank, 1956, Woman in hallway--San Francisco, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130117
Robert Frank, 1955, Man shopping--Los Angeles, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130105
Henry P. Bosse, 1889, Redwing, Minn. and Barnbluff, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76742
2015, Radiograph of a wax sculpture by Edgar Degas, X-ray, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76289
Peter McWilliam (artist, American, 1875-1947), 1900 (ca), Portrait of a Telephone Lineman, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128284
2015, Radiographs of Edgar Degas wax sculptures, X-ray, composite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76288
Unidentified photographer, 1870s (ca), Elephantiasis, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117774
Alex V. Olszewsky (artist, American), 1860s, Wicker chair, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128263
Francis Frith, 1857 (ca), The Ramasseum of El-Kurneh, Thebes, First View, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/78341
Arthur E. Durham, 1870s, Microphotograph of Traverse Section of Wood (Salisburia), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117811
Felice Beato, 1860, Part of the Entrance to the Lama Temple Near Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76823
Charles Nègre, 1854 (ca, taken) 1857 (ca, print), Cathédrale de Chartres - Portique du Midi XIIe Siècle, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92688
Roger Fenton, 1855 (taken) 1856 (print), Cemetery, Cathcart's Hill, Salted paper print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76755
Alex V. Olszewsky (artist, American), 1860s, Wicker chairs, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128265
Linnaeus Tripe, 1855, November, Rangoon: View near the Lake, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/59089
Henry P. Bosse, 1891, Levee at Rapids City, Illinois, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76750
Charles Amedee Philippe Van Loo (French, 1719-1795), 1764, The Camera Obscura (detail), OIl on canvas, detail, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/61848
Detroit Photographic Co., 1900 (published), A Monday Washing, New York City, Photo-chromolithograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117807
Unidentified photographer (America), 1860 (ca), Portrait of a Woman with Sewing Machine, Ambrotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128257
Hiram F. Alley, 1890 (ca.), Portrait of Mailmen, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132388
William D. Fay, 1860s, Portrait of Child Maids, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132396
Eadweard Muybridge, 1875 (taken) 1877 (published), Ruins of the Church of Santo Domingo-Panama, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92686
Eadweard Muybridge, 1878, Edgington, Collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54873
Unidentified photographer, 1941-1945, Robert Frank, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130077
Edward S. Curtis, 1910-1914, Nakoaktok Warrior, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117798
Giraudon's Artist, 1870s (late), Two Women with Donkey, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117173
Max Wolf and Joh. Palisa, 1901, 15 October, Photographische Sternkarten, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117790
W.D. Fay, 1860s, Portrait of Child Maids, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128260
   

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