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Sepia photograph of a broad waterfall cascading over a rock ledge beneath dramatic clouds, with mist rising from the base.

[Waterfalls]

George Barker, around 1888

Album page with two faded prints: an Oxford street with Gothic spires and stone walls, and rooftops with chimneys at Lacock A

Merton Chapel Tower, Oxford

William Henry Fox Talbot, 1841-1842

Sepia photograph of the Findhorn river among rocks and pines, with a fisherman casting and two seated figures on the bank.

The Findhorn. Glenferness

Ronald Ruthven Leslie-Melville, 1860s

Sepia portrait of an elderly man with wild white hair, dark cloak and intense gaze, by Julia Margaret Cameron.

Sir J.F.W. Herschel

Julia Margaret Cameron, 1867

Sepia photographic portrait of a seated woman in a lace veil, pearl necklace and embroidered gown, on a cream mount.

Austria

Friedrich Bruckmann, about 1885

Sepia photograph of a calm river at dusk with a moored wooden boat, tall trees and their reflections on the water.

Le Soir

Ildefonse Rousset, 1866

Sepia photograph of an ornate gilded iconostasis with painted icons, altar doors, and candles in a chapel interior.

Palais de Tsarskoe-Selo, Iconostase de la Chapelle

Pierre-Ambrose Richebourg, 1859

Sepia photograph of the ancient Theater of Marcellus facade in Rome, with arches, a column, and a street shop below.

The Theater of Marcellus, Rome

Robert Macpherson, 1850s

[D.O. Hill, R.S.A.]

Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847

Two inscribed stone tablets with carved relief figures and lettering, labeled Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, on a cream plate page.

Plate VI

Thomas Annan, 1897

Sepia photograph of a lidded floral porcelain vase with scroll handles on a marble pedestal, from a book plate.

[Vase]

William Chaffers, 1871

Sepia photograph of a bare back covered in reddish pustular skin lesions, with white drape and checked shawl, labeled Syphilo

Syphiloderma pustulosum

O. G. Mason, 1881

Sepia photograph of a large beech tree with a broad canopy, a split-rail fence, and small figures resting beneath it.

[Beech Tree at Avondale, Pennsylvania]

Thomas Eakins, early 1880s

Sepia oval portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit leaning on a draped table, within a cream mount.

[Portrait of a Man]

Charles DeForest Fredricks, about 1858-1868

Sepia photograph of a domed Indo-Islamic tomb with arched windows and a colonnaded courtyard in the foreground.

[The Tomb of Saadat Ali in the Kaiserbagh Palace]

Henry Hering, 1858-1862

Sepia portrait of a bearded man in a dark overcoat and striped cravat, turned to his left, on aged paper.

[Mr. Delaporte]

Nadar [Gaspard Félix Tournachon], 1855-1859

Sepia portrait of a seated young girl with center-parted hair, checked dress and white collar, against a mottled backdrop.

[Portrait of a girl]

Jakob Höflinger, about 1853-1860

Photograph of a marble sculpture of a draped woman and a child leaning against her, on a dark background.

Wittig, Hagar et Ismaël

James Anderson, 1859

Faint sepia photographic print of a standing woman in period costume with a plumed headdress, mounted on an album page.

Lady Elizabeth Fielding

William Henry Fox Talbot, August 21, 1841

Four sepia illustrations on a page showing a standing nude figure, a winged figure with halo, a group interior, and an armore

[Four illustrations to a Spanish book]

Bisson Frères, 1858

Sepia photograph of the seated Statue of Memnon at Thebes against rocky hills under a pale sky.

Statue of Memnon, Thebes

Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard, negative May 9,1850; print 1852

Black and white photo of a nude curly-haired boy standing by a stone wall, with rooftops and a mountain behind him.

[Nude youth standing]

Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden, negative about 1890-1900; print later

Sepia portrait of a seated elderly man in a dark coat holding a cane, with handwritten inscription below.

Dr. William Thomson

Dr. John Adamson, about 1845

Sepia street scene of a leaning pear tree in an iron fence beside brick storefronts, a gas lamp, and a carriage.

The Stuyvesant Pear Tree

Jeremiah Gurney, August 22, 1863

Sepia portrait of a young woman in a plaid skirt and off-shoulder bodice, hair in a bun, mounted on an album page.

[Portrait of a young woman]

Jakob Höflinger, about 1853-1860

Sepia photograph of an ornate Gothic town hall with a tall clock tower across an empty cobblestone square.

Hotel de ville, Oudenarde

Cundall & Fleming, 1866

Sepia photograph of the arched stone facade of the Golden Gate in Jerusalem, with carved medallions and weathered masonry.

Palestine. Jérusalem. Porte Dorée

Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard, negative August 20 1850; print 1852

Cyanotype print of two fern fronds in pale white on deep blue, with handwritten label reading Asplenium striatum, Jamaica.

Asplenium striatum

Anna Atkins, 1853

Sepia head-and-shoulders portrait of a bearded man in a dark jacket and bow tie, signed Trusten Polk, 263.

Trusten Polk

James Earle McClees, about 1859

Sepia photograph of hunting still life with dead ducks and game birds hanging from a branch beside a shotgun and bag.

[Still Life: Dead Game]

Adolphe Braun, about 1880

Sepia studio portrait of a seated woman with dark hair in a loose light draped dress and drop earring.

Mme. [Ernestine Lefèvre] Nadar

Nadar [Gaspard Félix Tournachon], about 1854-1855

Sepia photographic portrait of a woman in a hat and a man in a white shirt against bare winter branches.

"He thought of the sharp look Mother gave him yesterday" / "They call me cruel hearted, I care not what they say"

Julia Margaret Cameron, 1875

Sepia photograph of a stone house with chimneys beside a large tree, mounted on a pink album page labeled Old Ramornie.

Old Ramornie

Capt. Henry King, 1840s-early 1850s

Photograph of five numbered bone specimens with bony growths, femur and tibia, from a medical photographic review plate.

Exostoses multiples et symétriques, fémur, tibia

Arthur de Montmeja, 1871

Sepia-toned bust portrait of a bearded man with a mustache, dark jacket and cravat, against a pale backdrop.

[Portrait of a man]

Jakob Höflinger, about 1853-1860

Sepia engraved portrait of a mustached man in suit and bow tie, with printed name, coat of arms, and handwritten inscription.

P.H. Emerson, B.A., M.B. (Cantab). Amiger of the Nook, Oulton Broad

W. Boughton, 1890

Sepia photograph of a dirt road through a grove of tall trees draped in Spanish moss, with two men walking.

Mexico. Grove of Chapultepec, Near of Mexico

Abel Briquet, 1860s-1880s

Sepia studio portrait of two men, one standing with a walking stick beside a post, one seated on a carved chair.

[Portrait of Two men]

Felice Beato, 1858

Sepia album page with cut-out photographic portraits of men and a woman, including seated and leaning figures.

[Portrait of a gentleman seating at a table holding a book]

Henry Pollock, 1854-1856

Seated woman in a satin gown holds a laurel branch in a richly decorated room with a carved mirror and fur rug.

[Female Model Holding a Branch of Laurel, Paris]

Alphonse Maria Mucha, negative 1899; print about 1980

Sepia photograph of Eiffel Tower iron lattice girders and bracing rising above a brick foundation during construction.

Foundations, rivets: Eiffel Tower

Albert Fernique, 1888

[Nude study]

Jean-Louis-Marie-Eugène Durieu, 1853-1854

Sepia photograph of a narrow stone close with tenement walls, chimneys, hanging laundry and a gutter running down the cobbles

Close, No. 115 High Street

Thomas Annan, negative 1868-1871; print 1877

Sepia studio portrait of a seated woman in a silk dress with lace collar, resting her arm on a draped velvet table.

George Sand

Nadar [Gaspard Félix Tournachon], about 1865

Sepia photograph of a massive cyclopean stone wall in a narrow street, with a standing man and a seated figure.

La muralla Ciclopea, Tarragona

Juan Laurent, 1865

Sepia oval portrait of a middle-aged man in a dark jacket and bow tie, with handwritten signature below.

L. F. S. Foster

James Earle McClees, about 1859

Title page with a circular sepia photograph of Wharncliffe Lodge, a house with chimneys surrounded by trees and open ground.

Wharncliffe Lodge

Theophilus Smith, 1864

Sepia photograph of a steam train crossing a stone and iron viaduct over a deep, forested Alpine gorge.

Gotthardbahn: Mittlere Mayenreussbrücke

Adolphe Braun & Cie, about 1875-1882

Full-length sepia studio portrait of a standing man in a frock coat holding a top hat beside a draped table and chair.

Bressant

André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, 1862

Sepia portrait of an elderly man with white hair and cravat, mounted on brown card with handwritten caption.

Sir David Brewster

Henry Collen, about 1843-1844

Uniformed man in a felt hat working on a metal torpedo device on a draped table beside a wooden shelter.

Haupt's Torpedo for Quickly Wrecking Wooden Bridges

A. J. Russell, July 1863

Sepia photograph of a glacier moulin, a deep icy shaft with dark rocks and running water at its base, on a printed book page.

An Active Moulin

Ernest H. Edwards, 1865

Sepia studio portrait of a woman in a lace bonnet and dark fur muff, looking to the side.

de Paraza

Nadar [Gaspard Félix Tournachon], 1860-1861

Sepia photograph of a turbaned man applying a cup to the shoulder of a seated man beside a metal basin on a rug.

[Tableau scientifique]

Félix Jacques Moulin, 1865

Sepia photographic portrait of a seated older man in a dark jacket and bow tie, with leafy foliage behind him.

[Portrait of a Man]

John Wheeley Gough Gutch, 1856

Sepia photograph of the Doge's Palace facade in Venice, showing gothic arcades, pointed windows and a sculpted balcony above

Facade du Palais Ducal, a Venise

Jacques Alexandre Ferrier, 1854

Sepia portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit with a handwritten name signature below.

James A. Stallworth

James Earle McClees, about 1859

Sepia photograph of a man with a fearful open-mouthed expression as an electrode is applied to his forehead.

Fig. 64

Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne, negative about 1856; print 1876

Sepia photograph of a Gothic upper cloister with a fan-vaulted ceiling, tracery windows, and a long stone-floored corridor.

The Upper Cloister

John Harrington, 1869

Sepia portrait of a standing older man in a dark coat beside a marble column and book, with a signature below.

[Roger Brooke Taney]

Bendann Brothers, 1871

Sepia photograph of tall jagged sandstone spires and shrubs at Cathedral Rocks, Garden of the Gods, 1874.

Cathedral Rocks, Garden of the Gods

Joseph Collier, 1874

Sepia studio portrait of a seated man in a suit holding a top hat, with a standing figure wrapped in cloth beside him.

Aide-de-Camp of One of the High Officers

Samuel Smith, negative 1862-1865; print 1873

Sepia photograph of the Pavilion of Rohan at the Louvre, showing arched facade, sculpted pediment, and domed turret above a c

[The Louvre, Pavilion of Rohan]

Édouard Baldus, 1850-1859

Small oval watercolor portrait of a woman with dark hair, blue eyes and a gray shawl on a cream mount.

Portrait of Lavinia E. Walken (Mrs. A.J. Hill)

Mary Wheeler, 1854

Sepia photograph of Bristol porcelain: a covered tureen, teacup, floral dish and inkstand on shelves.

[Tureen, cup, dish, and inkpot]

William Chaffers, 1871

Sepia portrait of a bearded man with tousled hair in a dark jacket, turned to the side against a dark backdrop.

J.-P. Laurens, peintre

Nadar [Gaspard Félix Tournachon], 1870-1879

Sepia photograph of a standing man in a dark suit leaning on a plaid cloth in a studio setting.

[Portrait of a leaning man]

Jakob Höflinger, about 1850s

Sepia photo from inside a rock tunnel showing a curved railway track, a small train with people, and a conical mountain.

Cameron's Cone from "Tunnel 4," Colorado Midland Railway

William Henry Jackson, 1879

Sepia photograph of Karnak temple's hypostyle hall with carved columns, a leaning column, and two seated men among stone bloc

(Karnak) Gd. Temple, salle hypostyle, interieur, colonne penchee

G. Lekegian, about 1870-1890

Sepia portrait of a mustached man in a dark jacket and bow tie, turned to the side, by Nadar.

Champfleury [Jules-Francois Husson]

Nadar [Gaspard Félix Tournachon], negative about 1855-1859; print about 1874

Small circular engraving of Saint Jerome kneeling with a lion, skull and crucifix, centered on a foxed cream sheet.

Saint Jérôme

Bisson Frères, 1861

Sepia studio portrait of a woman in a kimono with flowered hair, peeking around a black screen with embroidered birds and flo

[Woman in Oriental costume, looking around Oriental screen]

A. Louis Mojonier, n.d.

Sepia photograph of a narrow close with stone stairs, cobbles and laundry hanging between tenement buildings.

Close, No. 193 High Street

Thomas Annan, negative 1868-1871; print 1877

Sepia photograph of a ruined stone castle tower on rocky ground, with men in top hats standing in the foreground.

[The Castle, St. Andrews]

Hill & Adamson, 1843-1848

Sepia reproduction of a group portrait of an elector and reformers in dark robes, with a putto and wooded landscape behind.

The Elector of Saxony, and the Reformers, by L. Cranch

Caldesi & Montecchi, 1858

Sepia portrait of a man with wavy hair and mustache, hand on his lapel, dark background, mounted with handwritten inscription

Ewen Wrottesley Hay Cameron

Julia Margaret Cameron, 1865

Sepia photograph of Tower Falls, a tall waterfall between pale rock cliffs with pine trees and a rocky stream below.

Tower Falls

William Henry Jackson, negative 1871; print 1873

Sepia photograph of a narrow cobblestone street with a turreted corner building, a loaded handcart, and wall posters.

Rue Hautefeuille

Eugène Atget, about 1898

Sepia drawing of a small cherub holding a tall mitre, framed by a red border on a cream page numbered 49.

Cherub with a Mitre

Nicolaas Henneman, 1847

Sepia portrait of a seated woman in a dark dress, lace collar and bonnet, hands resting in her lap.

[Madame Charton]

Achille Devéria, about 1850-1855

Sepia photogravure portrait of an elderly bearded man in a beret and cloak, captioned Alfred Lord Tennyson, from life 1888.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1888

Henry Herschel Hay Cameron, negative 1888; print 1893

Sepia photograph of Trajan's Column with a statue on top, a domed church behind, and scattered ruined column bases in the for

La Colonne de Trajan et les débris de la Basilique Ulpienne

James Anderson, 1859

Print of an older man and a cloaked woman on a stone staircase with children, set in an ornate gilt frame with a bell.

Das Lied von der Glocke

Josef Albert, 1859-1862

Sepia photo of railway tracks through a timber snow shed, with light at the far exit and pine trees beyond.

Interior View of Snow Shed - C.P.R.R.

Thomas Houseworth, 1860-1870

Sepia photograph of a narrow cobblestone alley with old buildings, a wooden cart, and two girls in dark dresses in the foregr

Impasse Barbette

Eugène Atget, 1898

Sepia photograph of three tall Corinthian columns and a broken entablature of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in the Roman Fo

Le Temple de Castor et Pollux au Forum Romain nommé aussi le Temple de Minerva Chalcidica

James Anderson, 1859

Sepia photographic portrait of a standing man in a dark jacket beside a carved chair and draped patterned backdrop.

[Sir Francis Grant]

Hill & Adamson, 1843-1848

Sepia photograph of an ornate Victorian Town Hall with a tall clock tower, mounted on a cream board.

Town Hall

New South Wales Government Printing Office, 1876-1879

Pen drawing of a haloed seated woman reading a book with a naked child holding a mirror, landscape behind.

Die Heil, Jungfrau mit dem Kinde

Charles Von Bouell, 1861

White cyanotype print of a fern frond on deep blue paper, with a handwritten label reading Aspidium, Jamaica.

Aspidium ____ ?, Jamaica

Anna Atkins, 1853

Photograph of a large bare pollard beech tree on an open lawn, with a standing man and seated figures at its base.

Pollard Beech on Smith's Lawn

James Sinclair, 14th earl of Caithness, 1864

Photograph of a carved box wood triptych with a crucifixion scene in the center and standing saints in gothic niches on the w

Triptych in Carved Box Wood

Charles Thurston Thompson, December 10, 1862

Group of 19th-century visitors resting on a meadow by a river, with Yosemite Falls cascading down granite cliffs behind them.

Yo-semite Falls

Thomas Houseworth, 1860-1870

Magdalene (Brookfield)

Julia Margaret Cameron, May 1865

Elderly woman in lace bonnet with scaly skin lesions on face and hands, from a 19th-century medical plate.

Pemphigus foliacé

Arthur de Montmeja, negative about 1867; print 1882

Two sepia photographic portraits on an album page: a seated older man with a cane and a woman in a bonnet, with handwritten c

Mrs. Brown

Frances Monteith, about 1845