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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait de Theophile Gautier d'apres Nadar | Charles Nègre French, 1820–1880 | c. 1857, printed 1982 |
| Europe | false |
| Portrait de Jules Janin d'Apres Nadar | Charles Nègre French, 1820–1880 | c. 1857, printed 1982 |
| Europe | false |
| Portrait du Prince Adam Georges Czartorisky, d'apres Nadar | Charles Nègre French, 1820–1880 | c. 1857, printed 1982 |
| Europe | false |
| Whitby | Benjamin Brecknell Turner English, 1815-1894 | c. 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Osiride Pillars and Great Fallen Colossus | Francis Frith English, 1822–1898 | c. 1857, printed 1862 |
| Europe | false |
| The Approach to Philae | Francis Frith English, 1822–1898 | c. 1857 |
| Europe | false |
| The Temple Palace, Medinet-Haboo | Francis Frith English, 1822–1898 | c. 1857 |
| Europe | false |
| Osiride Pillars at Medinet-Haboo | Francis Frith English, 1822–1898 | c. 1857 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled (Wyoming House Hotel, Scranton, PA) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1852 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Two Men Reading) | Boston School American, 19th century | 1852 |
| Americas | false |
| Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie | Maxime Du Camp (French, 1822–1894) and Aimé Rochas (French, 19th century) | 1852 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled (Storefront) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1852 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Standing Man) | Jeremiah D. Wells American, 19th century | 1851 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Sleeping Baby) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1851 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Chartres Cathedral, Pavillon de l'horloge) | Henri Le Secq French, 1818–1882 | 1851/52 |
| Europe | false |
| Tree, Forest of Fontainebleau | Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884 | c. 1856 |
| Europe | false |
| Interior | Artist unknown American, 19th century | c. 1856 |
| Americas | false |
| Fountain at St. Sulpice | Charles Marville French, 1813–1879 | 1851 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Man and a Woman) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1851 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Man Holding a Pick-Axe) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1851 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Man) | Jean Victor Andrieux French, active 1840s-1860s | 1851 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Sleeping Baby in a Woman's Lap) | W. A. Pratt American, 19th century | 1851 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Barn) | John McElroy American, 19th century | 1851 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Man Leaning Against a Fence in Front of a Cemetery) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1851 |
| Americas | false |
| First Pylon - French Inscription Carved on the Eastern Embrasure at Point H, Island of Fila (Philae) | Félix Teynard French, 1817–1892 | 1851/52 |
| Europe | false |
| Eglise de St. Marc à Venise | Louis-Désiré Blanquart-Evrard French, 1802–1872 | 1851 |
| Europe | false |
| Le Thésée de Phidias/ Fragment du Fronton du Parthenon d'Athènes/ Maintenant au Musée Britannique | Louis-Désiré Blanquart-Evrard French, 1802–1872 | 1851 |
| Europe | false |
| The Smolnoi Monastery | Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869 | 1851-52 |
| Europe | false |
| Scene near Godalming, Surrey | Alfred Rosling English, 1802–1880s | c. 1856 |
| Europe | false |
| On the Mole | Alfred Rosling English, 1802–1880s | c. 1856 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Man) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1851 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Miss G. M. Nelson) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1851 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Farm Scene) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1851 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Wild Animal Tamer Jacob Driesbach with Jaguar) | William Langenheim (American, born Germany,1807-1874) and Frederick Langenheim (American, born Germany, 1809-1879) | 1850 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Woman and a Standing Man) | Albert Sands Southworth (American, 1811-1894) and Josiah Johnson Hawes (American, 1808-1901) | 1850s |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Boston Customs House) | Albert Sands Southworth (American, 1811-1894) and Josiah Johnson Hawes (American, 1808-1901) | 1850 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Stone Sisters, Lincoln, MA) | John Adams Whipple American, 1823-1891 | 1850 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Rev. Daniel Sharp, Congregationalist Preacher) | Albert Sands Southworth (American, 1811-1894) and Josiah Johnson Hawes (American, 1808-1901) | 1850 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Seated Man with Headdress) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1850 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Reclined Man on the left; Portrait of a Man and a Woman on the right) | Rufus Bean American, 19th century | 1850s |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Woman and a Child) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1850s |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Boy) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1850 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Three Girls) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1850 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Man) | L. H. Hale American, 1823-1885 | 1850s |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Sarah Preston) | L. H. Hale American, 1823-1885 | 1850s |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Boy) | L. H. Hale American, 1823-1885 | 1850s |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Woman) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1850 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Carpenter) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1850 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA) | Albert Sands Southworth (American, 1811-1894) and Josiah Johnson Hawes (American, 1808-1901) | 1850 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Woman with Two Children) | Samuel Van Loan American, born English, 1823-1900 | 1850s |
| Americas | false |