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 (Man with Top Hat Standing in Front of a White House) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1854 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Henry Ward Beecher) | George Kendall Warren American, 1824/34-1884 | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Man) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Man Smoking a Pipe) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Man) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Woman) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Man with Hat and Pipe) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Baby) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled | George Howard Johnson American, 1823-1879 | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Cobbler) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Lynn News) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Man with a Top Hat Standing next to a Gravestone) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portsmouth Square, San Francisco) | Robert H. Vance American, 1825-1876 | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Theodore Barrière | Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910 | c. 1853/73 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled (Mining Town) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Edmond About | Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910 | c. 1853/79 |
| Europe | false |
| Eugéne Scribe | Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910 | c. 1858 |
| Europe | false |
| Edmond-René Laboulaye | Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910 | 1853/79 |
| Europe | false |
| Élie-Louis, duc Decazes (French statesman and diplomat, 1819-1886) | Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910 | c. 1853/77 |
| Europe | false |
| Edmond de Goncourt (French writer and critic, 1822-1896) | Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910 | c. 1853/76 |
| Europe | false |
| Isaac Péreire | Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910 | c. 1853/76 |
| Europe | false |
| Antoine Gustave Droz (French writer, 1832-1895) | Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910 | c. 1853/72 |
| Europe | false |
| Ferdinand Fabre | Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910 | 1853/76 |
| Europe | false |
| Louis Figuier | Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910 | 1853/77 |
| Europe | false |
| Gondinet | Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910 | 1853/76 |
| Europe | false |
| Ernest Legouvé | Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910 | 1853/76 |
| Europe | false |
| Mme. Pape-Carpantier | Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910 | 1853/78 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled | Artist unknown 19th century | 1853 |
| other | false |
| The Tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah | Dr. John Murray Scottish, 1809–1898 | c. 1858-62 |
| Europe | false |
| Angel, Sainte-Chapelle | Auguste Mestral French, 1812–1884 | 1853-54 |
| Europe | false |
| Arc Antique a Orange | Édouard Baldus French, born Germany, 1813–1889 | 1853 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Boy) | Nelson's Gallery American, active 19th century | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portait of Three Seated Men Wearing Turbans) | William Johnson American, born 1823–1880s | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Gold Miner) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Man Holding a Violin and Bow) | J. P. Lusenring American, 19th century | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Man with a Camera) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Seated Man) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Seated Man Holding a Quill) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Niagara Falls) | Platt D. Babbitt American, 1823-1879 | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (City Scene with Horse-Drawn Carriage) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Couple Standing next to Niagara Falls) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Two Statues) | Dubiscq/Soleil French, 19th century | 1853 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled (Two Men Wearing Top Hats, Leaning on a White Picket Fence) | William J. Shew American, 1820–1903 | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Gold Washers) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Seated Man) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1853 |
| Americas | false |
| Mrs. Craik Holding Cat | Attributed to Benjamin Mulock (English, 1829–1863) English, 19th century | c. 1858 |
| Europe | false |
| The Tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah | Dr. John Murray Scottish, 1809–1898 | c. 1858-62 |
| Europe | false |
| The Grotto of Egeria, Rome | Robert MacPherson Scottish, 1811-1872 | c. 1858 |
| Europe | false |
| Mrs. Craik | Artist unknown, possibly Benjamin Mulock (English, 1829–1863) English, 19th century | c. 1858 |
| Europe | false |
| Mrs. Craik Holding Cat | Artist unknown, possibly Benjamin Mulock (English, 1829–1863) English, 19th century | c. 1858 |
| Europe | false |