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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled (Portrait of Joseph White) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1854 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Boy Holding a Hat) | George Howard Johnson American, 1823-1879 | 1854 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Gold Mining Scene with Six Miners) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1854 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Charles Darling) | attributed to Boston School American, 19th century | 1854 |
| Americas | false |
| Bibliothèque Imperial du Louvre, Paris | Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, French, 1826–1900) | 1854 |
| Europe | false |
| Chartres Cathedral, West Facade | Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, French, 1826–1900) | 1854, printed 1854 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled [South Façade of the Transept of St Michael’s and St Gudula Cathedral in Brussels, Belgium] | Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, French, 1826–1900) | 1854/55, printed 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Amiens Cathedral, West Facade, Central Portal | Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, French, 1826–1900) | 1854 |
| Europe | false |
| Chartres Cathedral West Facade; Royal Portal, Central Bay | Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, French, 1826–1900) | 1854/63 |
| Europe | false |
| Chartres Cathedral, South Transept; Central Portal | Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, French, 1826–1900) | 1854/63 |
| Europe | false |
| Chartres Cathedral, South Transept, Central and Side Portals | Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, French, 1826–1900) | 1854/57 |
| Europe | false |
| Saint Maclou de Rouen | Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, French, 1826–1900) | 1854/55, printed 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Portrait of Lesecq, Strasbourg | Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, French, 1826–1900) | 1854, printed 1854 |
| Europe | false |
| Cologne Cathedral, South Transept | Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, French, 1826–1900) | 1854, printed 1854 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled | Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, French, 1826–1900) | 1854/57, printed 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Chapelle du St. Sang à Bruges | Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, French, 1826–1900) | 1854/55 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled | Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, French, 1826–1900) | 1854/57, printed 1858/63 |
| Europe | false |
| Arc de Septime Sévère, Rome | Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, French, 1826–1900) | 1854/55, printed 1855/65 |
| Europe | false |
| Arch of Constantine, Rome | Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, French, 1826–1900) | 1854/55, printed c. 1863 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled [Rome] | Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, French, 1826–1900) | 1854/56, printed 1856/63 |
| Europe | false |
| Bruges, Belgium | Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, French, 1826–1900) | 1854/55, printed 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Forum Romanum, Rome | Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, French, 1826–1900) | 1854/57 |
| Europe | false |
| Chateau de Murol en Auvergne | Édouard Baldus French, born Germany, 1813–1889 | 1854, printed 1978 |
| Europe | false |
| Ruisseau coulant entre une falaise et des rochers | Édouard Baldus French, born Germany, 1813–1889 | 1854, printed 1978 |
| Europe | false |
| Sir Hy. Fk. Ponsonby (1825-1892) General; Thomas Hook Pearson (1806-1892) General; Fredrick Markham (1805-1855) General; Taken on the Field, Crimea | Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869 | 1854/55 |
| Europe | false |
| Factory Building with Chimney Construction | Artist unknown American, 19th century | 19th century |
| Americas | false |
| Two and a Half Story Brick Country House with Outbuildings with Ornate Porch and Picket Fence | Artist unknown American, 19th century | 19th century |
| Americas | false |
| The Portal of Saint Ursinus at Bourges, rue du Vieux Poirier | Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, French, 1826–1900) | 1854 |
| Europe | false |
| Paris, Place de Châtelet | Charles Nègre French, 1820–1880 | 1854/55, printed 1982 |
| Europe | false |
| Notre Dame de Poitiers (Vienne), West Facade | Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, French, 1826–1900) | 1854/55, printed 1858/63 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled | Édouard Baldus (French, born Germany, 1813–1889) printed by Chicago Albumen Works | 1854/60, printed 1976 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Woman and a Man) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1854 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Man Wearing a Hat, Holding a Mining Pan) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1854 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Man with Top Hat and Boy atop Horse-Drawn Carriage) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1854 |
| Americas | false |
| Chaumieres en Auvergne, avec un calvaire | Édouard Baldus French, born Germany, 1813–1889 | 1854, printed 1978 |
| Europe | false |
| Moulins a eau en Auvergne | Édouard Baldus French, born Germany, 1813–1889 | 1854, printed 1978 |
| Europe | false |
| Jérusalem, Auberge d'Allemagne | Auguste Salzmann French, 1824–1872 | 1854 |
| Europe | false |
| Jerusalem, Valley of Josaphat, Tomb of St. James (Jérusalem, Vallée de Josaphat, Tombeau de Saint Jacques) | Auguste Salzmann French, 1824–1872 | 1854, printed 1856 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled (Grave) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1854 |
| Americas | false |
| Kneeling Mason | Charles Nègre French, 1820–1880 | February– March 1854, printed 1982 |
| Europe | false |
| Arles: The West Porch of Saint-Trophime | Charles Nègre French, 1820–1880 | October 21, 1854, printed 1982 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Man) | Isaac Rehn American, 1815–1883 | 1854/83 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Edward Olmstead Goodwin) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1854 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled | Édouard Baldus French, born Germany, 1813–1889 | 1854 |
| Europe | false |
| Medinet Habu, Mortuary Temple of Ramses III, Left Wall (Médinet-Habou, Temple funéraire de Ramsès III, paroi gauche | John Beasly Greene American, born France, 1832–1856 | 1854 |
| Americas | false |
| Jerusalem, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jérusalem, Saint-Sépulcre) | Auguste Salzmann French, 1824–1872 | 1854/56 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Man Wearing a Straw Hat) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1854 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Seated Man Wearing a Hat) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1854 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Woman) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1854 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Surveyor) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1854 |
| Americas | false |