Early Photography Archive
The Early Photography Archive presents public-domain photographs from the Art Institute of Chicago photography and media collection, with artist, process and dating context, drawn from the CC0 API and refreshed monthly. Every record links the museum page and adds technique family, origin region and era labels from our pipeline.
| Photograph | Artist | Date | Technique | Origin | On view |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View from the Agricultural Grounds, Washington, D.C. | Kilburn Brothers American, active 1855-1875 | 1855/75 |
| other | false |
| View from T Wharf, Boston, Mass | Kilburn Brothers American, active 1855-1875 | 1855/75 |
| other | false |
| Rebel Shot lodged in Union Gun, Battle Gettysburg | Kilburn Brothers American, active 1855-1875 | 1855/75 |
| other | false |
| The Babbling Brook | Kilburn Brothers American, active 1855-1875 | 1855/75 |
| other | false |
| Crimean Photographs | James Robertson Scottish, c. 1813–d. after 1881 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled (Group Portrait of Surveyors) | McDonell & Co. American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled | Eugène Cuvelier French, 1830–1900 | c. 1860 |
| Europe | false |
| View of the Ribble, Yorkshire | Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869 | c. 1860, printed c. 1870 |
| Europe | false |
| The Arch of Titus, 1855 | Robert MacPherson Scottish, 1811–1872 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| San Francisco Bay | Carleton E. Watkins American, 1829-1916 | c. 1860/69 |
| Americas | false |
| Main Portal, Chartres Cathedral | Édouard Baldus French, born Germany, 1813–1889 | c. 1860, printed c. 1873 |
| Europe | false |
| Unitlted (Two Soldiers) | Artist unknown 19th century | 1855/99 |
| — | false |
| Untitled (Woman and Little Girl) | Artist unknown 19th century | 1855/75 |
| other | false |
| George P. A. Healy | Artist unknown English, 19th century | 1855/65 |
| Europe | false |
| Steamer in Lake Thun, Switzerland | Adolphe Braun French, 1811–1877 | c. 1860 |
| Europe | false |
| Kalatt-El-Athlit, Côté de la Terre | Louis De Clercq French, 1836–1901 | c. 1860 |
| Europe | false |
| Grasse | Charles Nègre French, 1820–1880 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| No. 8. Ye-nan-gyoung [Yenangyaung]. Kyoung. | Linnaeus Tripe English, 1822–1902 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| No. 23. Pugahm Myo [Pagan]. Figures in Damayangyee Pagoda [Dhamma-yan-gyi]. | Linnaeus Tripe English, 1822–1902 | 1855, printed 1856 |
| Europe | false |
| No. 92. Amerapoora. Another part of the Balcony of Kyoung No. 86 [Maha-too-lo-Bounghian Kyoung]. | Linnaeus Tripe English, 1822–1902 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Prince Alfred | John Jabez Edwin Mayall American, 1813-1901 | c. 1860 |
| Americas | false |
| Princess Helena | John Jabez Edwin Mayall American, 1813-1901 | c. 1860 |
| Americas | false |
| Mr. Dobell | Artist unknown 19th century | c. 1860 |
| — | false |
| French Batteries and Works | James Robertson Scottish, c. 1813–d. after 1881 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Battery in the Malakoff | James Robertson Scottish, c. 1813–d. after 1881 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Batteries and Approaches of the English Right Attack upon the Redan | James Robertson Scottish, c. 1813–d. after 1881 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Inner Harbour of Sebastopol, Bridge Connecting the City with the Suburb Fort Nickolas at the Entrance | James Robertson Scottish, c. 1813–d. after 1881 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Bomb-Proof in which the Russian General lived who Commanded in the Redan | James Robertson Scottish, c. 1813–d. after 1881 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Mortar Battery | James Robertson Scottish, c. 1813–d. after 1881 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Cemetery on Cathcart's Hill | James Robertson Scottish, c. 1813–d. after 1881 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| The Malakoff Tower | James Robertson Scottish, c. 1813–d. after 1881 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| The Black Sea, Entrance of the Great Harbour | James Robertson Scottish, c. 1813–d. after 1881 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| English Left Attack | James Robertson Scottish, c. 1813–d. after 1881 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Remains of Old Genoese Castle above the Harbour of Balaklava | James Robertson Scottish, c. 1813–d. after 1881 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Docks of Sebastopol, Fort Nickolas on the Left | James Robertson Scottish, c. 1813–d. after 1881 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Russian Barrack Battery | James Robertson Scottish, c. 1813–d. after 1881 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| View of Sebastopol taken from the Malakoff | James Robertson Scottish, c. 1813–d. after 1881 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Harbour of Balaklava | James Robertson Scottish, c. 1813–d. after 1881 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Interior of the Mamelon | James Robertson Scottish, c. 1813–d. after 1881 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Buildings in Sebastopol, View Taken from the Redan | James Robertson Scottish, c. 1813–d. after 1881 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Cemetery on Cathcart's Hill | James Robertson Scottish, c. 1813–d. after 1881 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Group Portrait | James Robertson Scottish, c. 1813–d. after 1881 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Road Opened Through Trenches | James Robertson Scottish, c. 1813–d. after 1881 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Interior of the Redan | James Robertson Scottish, c. 1813–d. after 1881 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Civil War Collage | Maker unknown | c. 1860/70 |
| — | false |
| Entrance Court of the Lions, Alhambra | Charles Clifford English, 1819–1863 | c. 1960 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Man) | Albert Sands Southworth (American, 1811-1894) and Josiah Johnson Hawes (American, 1808-1901) | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Man with Top Hat) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Three Women and Two Men) | Abraham Bogardus American, 1822-1908 | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Girl) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |