Early Photography Archive

Name: Early Photography Archive
Creator: Analog Photo Today
License: Open-access data is CC0; public-domain images are served via IIIF links without redistribution.

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.

Records: 4,070
Last changed: 09/02/2026
Update schedule: 27 5 2 * * UTC
Coverage: 03/03/2026–09/02/2026
Method: Methodology

Photograph	Artist	Date	Technique	Origin	On view
Scenery of Loch Katrine	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
"The same scene from the other side," The Castle of Doune	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Melrose Abbey	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1844	photography	Europe	false
Lace	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1844/45	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Haystack	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	April 1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Woman and a Man)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1844	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Man and Woman)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1844	photography	Americas	false
Master Miller	David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802–1870) and Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1821–1848)	1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Cover and Text from "The Pencil of Nature," London, 1844	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1844	other	Europe	false
Portrait of Mrs. Rigby	David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802–1870) and Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1821–1848)	1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Mrs. Anna Brownell Jameson	David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802–1870) and Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1821–1848)	1844	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	E. Jacobs American, 1813–1892	1844/64	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of Man)	Albert Sands Southworth (American, 1811-1894) and Josiah Johnson Hawes (American, 1808-1901)	1843	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of Seated Man)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1843	photography	Americas	false
"One of the Towers of Orleans Cathedral, as Seen from the Opposite Tower"	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	June 21, 1843	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
View of the Boulevards at Paris	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1843	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Soliloquy of the Broom	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1843	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Bridge of Orleans	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	June 1843	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Bust of Patroclus	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	August 9, 1843	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
James Gordon, William Hanna D.D. and 'Mr. Cowan'	David Octavius Hill; Scottish, 1802–1870 Robert Adamson; Scottish, 1821–1848 William Henry Fox Talbot (Formerly attributed to); English, 1800 –1877	1843/47	other	Europe	false
James Gordon, William Hanna D.D. and 'Mr. Cowan'	David Octavius Hill; Scottish, 1802–1870 Robert Adamson; Scottish, 1821–1848 William Henry Fox Talbot (Formerly attributed to); English, 1800–1877	1843/47	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Two Friars	David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802–1870) and Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1821–1848)	1843/46	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
[The] Revd Mr [Thomas Henshaw] Jones	David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802–1870) and Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1821–1848)	1843/46	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Dr. Chalmers	David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802–1870) and Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1821–1848)	1843/46, printed 1890/1900	printing_dyeing	Europe	false
Lord Robertson	David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802–1870) and Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1821–1848)	1843/46, printed 1890/1900	printing_dyeing	Europe	false
Articles of China	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800-1877	1843-44	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
James Linton and Three Boys, Newhaven	David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802–1870) and Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1821–1848)	1843/47, printed c. 1916	printing_dyeing	Europe	false
Alexander Rutherford, William Ramsay, and John Liston, Newhaven	David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802–1870) and Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1821–1848)	1843/47, printed c. 1916	printing_dyeing	Europe	false
Mrs. Logan and Two Unknown Women, Newhaven	David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802–1870) and Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1821–1848)	1843/47, printed c. 1916	printing_dyeing	Europe	false
Dr. David Irving	David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802–1870) and Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1821–1848)	1843/47	other	Europe	false
Peasant Father and His Son	Armand-Hippolyte-Louis Fizeau French, 1819–1896	1842	other	Europe	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Woman)	E. and Wm. Sage American, 19th century	1842	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Woman)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1842	photography	Americas	false
Les Toits de Paris (Vue de la rue Castiglione?)	Hippolyte Bayard French, 1801–1887	1842/50, printed 1865	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Europe	false
Moulins de Montmartre	Hippolyte Bayard French, 1801–1887	possibly 1842/50, printed 1965	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Europe	false
Bayard, les yeux Fermès	Hippolyte Bayard French, 1801–1887	1842/50, printed 1965	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Europe	false
Bayard et ses Statuettes	Hippolyte Bayard French, 1801–1887	1842/50, printed 1965	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Europe	false
Chaise dans un Jardin	Hippolyte Bayard French, 1801–1887	1842/50, printed 1965	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Europe	false
Le Moulin: Paul Restauranteur	Hippolyte Bayard French, 1801–1887	1842/50, printed 1965	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Europe	false
Maison de Campagne	Hippolyte Bayard French, 1801–1887	1842/50, printed 1965	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Europe	false
Le Tombereau	Hippolyte Bayard French, 1801–1887	1842/50, printed 1965	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Europe	false
Vieille Maison en Restauration	Hippolyte Bayard French, 1801–1887	1842/50, printed 1965	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Europe	false
Place Saint-Sulpice	Hippolyte Bayard French, 1801–1887	1842/50, printed 1965	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Europe	false
Enseigne d'un Marchand de Chevaux	Hippolyte Bayard French, 1801–1887	1842/50, printed 1965	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Europe	false
Colonnade de l'église de la Madeleine	Hippolyte Bayard French, 1801–1887	1842/50, printed 1965	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Europe	false
Grenier	Hippolyte Bayard French, 1801–1887	1842/50, printed 1965	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Europe	false
Brocanteurs rue de Rocher	Hippolyte Bayard French, 1801–1887	1842/50, printed 1965	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Europe	false
Bouquet de Fleurs	Hippolyte Bayard French, 1801–1887	1842/50, printed 1965	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Europe	false
Bayard, Devant sa Maison	Hippolyte Bayard French, 1801–1887	1842/50, printed 1965	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Europe	false