| Introduction | |
| 1 | Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds |
| 2 | Manufacturers and painters of studio backgrounds |
| Daguerreotypists and painted studio backgrounds | |
| 3 | Studio painted backgrounds for daguerreotypes |
| 4 | Antoine Claudet: Backgrounds for daguerreotypes |
| 5 | Salt prints: Backgrounds |
| 6 | Ambrotypes: Backgrounds |
| 7 | Cartes de visite: Backgrounds and foregrounds |
| 8 | Cabinet cards: Backgrounds and foregrounds |
| 9 | Tintypes: Backgrounds and foregrounds |
| 10 | Real Photo Postcards: Backgrounds and foregrounds |
| Contemporary accounts | |
| 11 | Backgrounds |
| 12 | Studio backgrounds |
| 13 | How Nineteenth Century Studios used backgrounds |
| Examples of studio backgrounds | |
| 14 | Backgrounds used in nineteenth century photographic studios |
| Use of painted external walls as backgrounds | |
| 15 | William Notman: Use of the painted exterior wall of his Montreal Studio as a background |
| Designs for backgrounds | |
| 16 | Backgrounds - how to paint and arrange them (1859) |
| 17 | David Knights-Whittome: Photographic backgrounds |
| 18 | Surviving photographic backgrounds |
| Background holders and supports | |
| 19 | Background holders and supports |
| Revolving backgrounds | |
| 20 | Revolving backgrounds |
| Suppliers of backgrounds | |
| 21 | Advertising for manufacturers and suppliers of backgrounds |
| Paintings showing backgrounds in photographic studios | |
| 22 | Paintings showing backgrounds in use |
| Foreground and background themes | |
| 23 | Backgrounds: Domestic interiors |
| 24 | Backgrounds: Transportation |
| 25 | Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Carts |
| 26 | Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Cars |
| 27 | Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Railways |
| 28 | Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Balloons |
| 29 | Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Aircraft |
| 30 | Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Space Age and missiles |
| 31 | Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Boats |
| 32 | Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Bars and saloons |
| 33 | Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Prisons and prisoners |
| 34 | Backgrounds: Landscapes |
| 35 | Water as an element in studio backgrounds and foregrounds |
| 36 | Patriotic and military backgrounds for portraits during the American Civil War (1861-1865) |
| 37 | Martinique: Studio portraits |
| Foregrounds | |
| 38 | Introduction to foregrounds |
| 39 | Foregrounds: Windows |
| 40 | Mummies and Sphinxes as foreground props |
| Incongruous backgrounds | |
| 41 | Backgrounds: Incongruous |
| Visibility | |
| 42 | The all to visible background |
| Street photographers | |
| 43 | Backgrounds: Street photographers |
| Case studies | |
| 44 | Jean-Philippe Charbonnier: The Biter Bit |
| 45 | Ann Parker: Itinerant photographers of Guatemala (1970s) |
| 46 | Philip K. Apagya: Aspirational backgrounds in studio portraiture |
| 47 | Clarisse d'Arcimoles: Forget Nostalgia - A Little Theatre of Self (2012) |
| 48 | Martin Parr: Autoportrait |
| Patents for backgrounds | |
| 49 | Patents for photographic backgrounds and foregrounds |
| 50 | C.M. Coolidge: US patent No. 149,724, Processes of Taking Photographic Pictures (1874) |
| Conclusions | |
| 51 | Conclusions to backgrounds and foregrounds |
| Introduction | |
| 1 | Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds |
| 2 | Manufacturers and painters of studio backgrounds |
| Daguerreotypists and painted studio backgrounds | |
| 3 | Studio painted backgrounds for daguerreotypes |
| 4 | Antoine Claudet: Backgrounds for daguerreotypes |
| 5 | Salt prints: Backgrounds |
| 6 | Ambrotypes: Backgrounds |
| 7 | Cartes de visite: Backgrounds and foregrounds |
| 8 | Cabinet cards: Backgrounds and foregrounds |
| 9 | Tintypes: Backgrounds and foregrounds |
| 10 | Real Photo Postcards: Backgrounds and foregrounds |
| Contemporary accounts | |
| 11 | Backgrounds |
| 12 | Studio backgrounds |
| 13 | How Nineteenth Century Studios used backgrounds |
| Examples of studio backgrounds | |
| 14 | Backgrounds used in nineteenth century photographic studios |
| Use of painted external walls as backgrounds | |
| 15 | William Notman: Use of the painted exterior wall of his Montreal Studio as a background |
| Designs for backgrounds | |
| 16 | Backgrounds - how to paint and arrange them (1859) |
| 17 | David Knights-Whittome: Photographic backgrounds |
| 18 | Surviving photographic backgrounds |
| Background holders and supports | |
| 19 | Background holders and supports |
| Revolving backgrounds | |
| 20 | Revolving backgrounds |
| Suppliers of backgrounds | |
| 21 | Advertising for manufacturers and suppliers of backgrounds |
| Paintings showing backgrounds in photographic studios | |
| 22 | Paintings showing backgrounds in use |
| Foreground and background themes | |
| 23 | Backgrounds: Domestic interiors |
| 24 | Backgrounds: Transportation |
| 25 | Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Carts |
| 26 | Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Cars |
| 27 | Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Railways |
| 28 | Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Balloons |
| 29 | Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Aircraft |
| 30 | Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Space Age and missiles |
| 31 | Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Boats |
| 32 | Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Bars and saloons |
| 33 | Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Prisons and prisoners |
| 34 | Backgrounds: Landscapes |
| 35 | Water as an element in studio backgrounds and foregrounds |
| 36 | Patriotic and military backgrounds for portraits during the American Civil War (1861-1865) |
| 37 | Martinique: Studio portraits |
| Foregrounds | |
| 38 | Introduction to foregrounds |
| 39 | Foregrounds: Windows |
| 40 | Mummies and Sphinxes as foreground props |
| Incongruous backgrounds | |
| 41 | Backgrounds: Incongruous |
| Visibility | |
| 42 | The all to visible background |
| Street photographers | |
| 43 | Backgrounds: Street photographers |
| Case studies | |
| 44 | Jean-Philippe Charbonnier: The Biter Bit |
| 45 | Ann Parker: Itinerant photographers of Guatemala (1970s) |
| 46 | Philip K. Apagya: Aspirational backgrounds in studio portraiture |
| 47 | Clarisse d'Arcimoles: Forget Nostalgia - A Little Theatre of Self (2012) |
| 48 | Martin Parr: Autoportrait |
| Patents for backgrounds | |
| 49 | Patents for photographic backgrounds and foregrounds |
| 50 | C.M. Coolidge: US patent No. 149,724, Processes of Taking Photographic Pictures (1874) |
| Conclusions | |
| 51 | Conclusions to backgrounds and foregrounds |
