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
Portrait of Talbot's Wife (Constance) or Half-Sister (Caroline or Horatia)	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	c. 1842	other	Europe	false
Tower at Lacock	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1837	printing_dyeing metalwork	Europe	false
New Hall of Lincoln's Inn, London	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	c. 1841/46	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Radcliffe Library, Oxford	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	c. 1841/43	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Neapolitan Conveyance - Copy of a Painting at Lacock Abbey	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	c. 1840	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Copy of the Title Page for "Inclytae Regiae Societati Londinensi"	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	c. 1840	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Copy of a Large Italian Print, Reduced in the Camera	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	c. 1840	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Hagar in the Desert	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	c. 1840/44	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Table Set For Tea	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	c. 1840	printing_dyeing	Europe	false
Specimen of Calotype of Talbotype, Photogenic Drawing [label]	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	c. 1840/41	other	Europe	false
Untitled	Artist unknown 19th century	c. 1839/60	photography	other	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Man)	Artist unknown American, 19th century	c. 1839/60	photography	Americas	false
Two Scraps of Lace	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	c. 1838/42	other	Europe	false
Untitled (church exterior)	W. N. Hobbs American, 1830–1881	1830/88	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
Botanical Specimen	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	c. 1835	other	Europe	false
Untitled	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	c. 1835/41	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Stem of Leaves and Flowers	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	c. 1835/37	other	Europe	false
Business card "Mr. Talbot, Lacock Abbey"	William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877	1820/77	other	Europe	false
Untitled	Artist unknown 19th century	19th century	ceramics photography	other	false
Railway Suspension Bridge, Niagara Falls	S. Barnett American	19th century	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false