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Sepia portrait photograph of a man with a full mustache and bow tie, mounted on a cream album page with a handwritten name.

Alexander Major

Charles de Rham, about 1860-1870

Sepia photograph of a light-coloured cow in grass, held by a man in a cap, with a studio backdrop behind them.

[Study for "Les Races Bovines"]

Adrien Alban Tournachon, 1856

Misty tonal print of a Venetian waterfront with a domed church, a statue, boats, and pedestrians along the quay.

The Riva Schiavoni

James Craig Annan, about 1894

Sepia photograph of turbaned men seated on a carpet with papers before a wooden-balconied building, labelled Tuhseeldar's Cut

Tuhseeldar's Cutcherry

Philip Henry Egerton, negative June-August 1863; print 1863-1864

Sepia photograph of a carved stone arched doorway with ornate lintel and gable, mounted on a cream album page.

[Architectural detail]

Louis-Alphonse Davanne, about 1851-1853

Sepia print of figures in a tent by a river: a woman offers a drink to a seated man while others gather at a table.

Peter the Great's First Interview with Catherine, by A.L. Egg, A.R.A.

Caldesi & Montecchi, 1858

Sepia photograph of palm trees reflected in a pond, with a cow and two seated figures on the muddy bank.

Calcutta; Rustic Scenes and Rural Life in Bengal

Samuel Bourne, 1867-1868

Sepia photograph of a thatched cottage behind a picket fence, with two children sitting on the grassy slope in front.

North Loch An-Eilan

Robert Ewing Curwen, about 1880-1885

Sepia photograph of an open, barren plain with distant hills, a dirt road on the left and rocks in the foreground.

Plains of Balaklava IV

Roger Fenton, 1855; published February 29, 1856

Sepia photograph of a domed exposition building with an iron bridge crossing a lagoon, with people along the shore.

View on the Lagoon

Aslak Larsen Somby

G. Roche, negative about 1884; print about 1886

Margaret Moore

Charles de Rham, about 1860-1865

Sepia photograph of two domed tombs and a minaret rising above rows of gravestones in a cemetery under a pale sky.

Tombs in the Southern Cemetery, Third View

Francis Frith, 1857

Sepia panoramic photograph of Madrid with the Royal Palace on the left, a carriage on a dirt road in the foreground.

View of Madrid and Royal Palace

Charles Clifford, about 1852-1862

Sepia view of a Paris courtyard with apartment buildings, tiled rooftops, chimneys, a domed well and a garden plot.

[Interior Courtyard on rue Boursault near the Batignolles Market]

Hippolyte Bayard, about 1840-1849

Albumen photograph of the Gothic portico of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois with pointed arches, carved statues and an iron railing

Portico, St. Germain l'Auxerrois

Édouard Baldus, 1850-1855

Sepia photograph of the town of Nablous with stone houses, domes and a tower among trees, set below steep hills.

Nablous, the Ancient Shechem

Francis Frith, January-May 1858

Sepia photograph of Trafalgar Square with the curved Grand Hotel, Nelson's Column, a stone lion, and people by a fountain.

Trafalgar Square & Grand Hotel

London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, about 1867-1890

Sepia photograph of a stepped stone tomb with an inscription plaque, flanked by tall urn-topped monuments under trees.

[Tomb of Colonel Charles Chester, Adjutant General of the British Army]

Charles Moravia, 1858

Sepia panoramic photograph of sandy dunes, scrub and trees with a whitewashed building with a tiled roof at right.

[Italian landscape]

Robert Macpherson, 1860s

Sepia photograph of a fortress gate with round bastions and a pointed-arch bridge over a still moat.

Bhurtpore; The Principal Gate of the Fort

Samuel Bourne, 1865-1866

Sepia photograph of steamboats and sailing boats moored on a sandy Nile riverbank beside a domed building and palms.

[Boats on the Bank of the Nile]

Théodule Devéria, 1865

Sepia portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, mounted on an album page with a handwritten caption.

Nath. F. Moore

Charles de Rham, about 1860-1872

Sepia photograph of many masted fishing boats moored in a misty harbor, with rowboats in the foreground and buildings behind.

[Whitby harbor]

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, 1880-1900

Sepia photograph of a reclining nude woman on a bed among patterned curtains and folded fabrics.

Female Nude

Félix Jacques Moulin, 1856

Sepia photograph of uniformed soldiers in formation on a parade ground, with white tents and wooden barracks behind them.

[Group Portrait of the Royal Marine Battalion]

Felice Beato, October 1864

Sepia photograph of an elk with velvet antlers resting on grass beside a fallen log in a forest clearing.

The Elk

William Henry Jackson, 1871

Sepia photograph of soldiers working beside a sandbagged gun battery earthwork on a barren plain under open sky.

21 Gun Battery

James Robertson, about 1855

Sepia plate of two women with skin lesions on arms and shoulder, captioned syphiloderma tuberculo-squamosum and tuberculo-ulc

Syphiloderma tuberculo-squamosum and syphiloderma tuberculo-ulcerativum

Dr. George Henry Fox, 1881

Sepia print of horsemen hunting wild boars in a landscape with carriages, a stone archway and rocky terrain.

Wild Boars in an Enclosure

Nicolaas Henneman, 1847

Sepia photograph of the École Polytechnique facade with arched entrance, iron railings, cobbled street and nearby shops.

École polytechnique, rue Descartes

Eugène Atget, 1899

Sepia photograph of a winding lake framed by eucalyptus trees and rolling hills under a pale sky.

Lake Ooty

A. T. W. Penn, about 1875

Sepia photograph of a wooded hillside with conifers and a white building, with rolling hills and hazy sky behind.

Ootacamund; "Bishopsdown" Stormy Weather on the Koondahs

Samuel Bourne, October 7, 1869

Sepia photograph of a vast military camp on a plateau, with rows of white tents, horses, and parked artillery carts.

Plateau of Sebastopol III

Roger Fenton, 1855; published January 1, 1856

Blue-toned oval view of a wooden trestle bridge over a grassy slough, with a buggy and several men on the deck.

[Yolo Buggy over Dry Slough]

Carleton Watkins, 1881

Sepia photograph of a rushing river beneath a snow bridge, flanked by steep wooded mountain slopes and rocky banks.

A Snow Bridge over the Scinde River

John Edward Saché, 1873

Sepia photograph of a classical relief showing winged Valkyries tending fallen warriors on a battlefield beside an oak tree.

[Wounded Valkyries on the Battlefield]

Ernst Alpers, 1867

Sepia photograph of a large, gnarled cedar tree with a wide crown in a grassy clearing, with other cedars behind it.

The Largest of the Cedars, Mount Lebanon

Francis Frith, 1858

Sepia photograph of three pointed Gothic arches on clustered columns in a ruined stone wall with ivy.

[View of Arches and Courtyard]

Ernest H. Edwards, 1860s

Sepia photograph of a hillside camp with domed shelters, standing figures, and scattered trees below wooded hills.

[Native American encampment, Bear Valley]

Carleton Watkins, 1860

Sepia photograph of a white colonial building behind a stone wall, with two men leaning on the wall and a seated man under a

[Building]

Willoughby Wallace Hooper, about 1870

Sepia photograph of a natural rock bridge over a rocky creek, with men and horses below and a rider on the ridge.

[Natural Bridge Over La Prêle Creek, Wyoming]

William Henry Jackson, 1870

Sepia photograph of seated men in white turbans and cloaks in front of a whitewashed wall with a doorway.

Arabes Prisonniers à l'ile Sainte Marguerite

W. de Bray, late 19th century

Sepia photograph of a tiled-roof temple with stone pagodas and figures in a paved courtyard, 1860.

[Temple in Tartar Quarter, Canton, China]

Henry Hering, April 1860

Sepia photograph of two men on a rocky outcrop overlooking misty mountains, one wearing a pith helmet.

[Men Standing on Rock Formations]

Willoughby Wallace Hooper, about 1870

Sepia photograph of a lone tree reflected in a still lake, with a pointed mountain peak rising in the distant valley.

Romsdalhorn Near Næs

Valentine & Sons, 1888-1892

Sepia photograph of a half-buried sphinx and a tall colossal statue in a sandy desert at the Séboûah temple, Nubia.

Séboûah. Temple - Colosse et Sphinx de la Partie

Félix Teynard, negative about 1851-1852; print about 1853-1854

Sepia photograph of an empty 19th-century high street with timber-framed and brick buildings, a street lamp and a horse with

High Street, St. Michael's, Looking East

John Thomas Case, 1857

Sepia photograph of paddle steamers moored at a wooden pier on a river, with a seated man on the bank.

[Supply Steamers, James River]

A. J. Russell, 1865

Monochrome print of an ornate carved corner panel with a central cartouche, acanthus scrolls, and lattice patterning.

Ministère d'État (Salon d'Angle)

Édouard Baldus, about 1868

Sepia photograph of a rocky cliff with a cave opening and a small tree in the foreground, Jerusalem, Grotto of Jeremiah.

Jérusalem. Grotte de Jérémie

Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard, negative 1854; print 1856

Sepia photograph of three seated men in a shaded garden under ivy, one in a military uniform and cap.

Lyghouris [?], Criene [?], Planche

Baron Paul des Granges, 1870s-mid-1880s

Sepia photograph of a ruined colonnade with carved stone columns and capitals, a stone wall behind, and rubble in the foregro

Colonnade occidentale (Philae)

Henry Cammas, negative 1859-1860; print about 1862

Sepia photograph of a rock-cut tomb facade in Jerusalem with a dark entrance and carved details above rubble.

Jérusalem. Tombeau des rois de Juda. Intérieur de la cour

Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard, negative 1854; print 1856

Sepia print of a horse-powered wooden clay mill with two workers bending over heaps of earth in an open field.

The Clay=Mill. [Norfolk.]

Peter Henry Emerson, 1888

Print of craggy Welsh rock formations with layered stone faces and a small seated figure at the base of a boulder.

Rocks in Wales

Paul Pretsch, 1854-1860

Sepia photograph of Niagara Falls with people on a rocky bank under trees, mist rising from the cascading water.

Niagara

William Notman, 1867

Sepia photograph of a valley between wooded and grassy hills, with a rocky mountain peak rising on the right under a pale sky

[Landscape View]

Willoughby Wallace Hooper, 1873

Blue cyanotype of a wooded bluff above a winding river, with a quarry clearing and small buildings at the cliff base.

Richtman's Quarry at Fountain City, Wisconsin

Henry P. Bosse, 1891

Sepia photograph of uniformed officers standing on a stony, barren plateau under a pale sky.

Officers on the lookout at Cathcarts Hill

Roger Fenton, 1855; published February 29, 1856

Sepia photograph of men working beside a large wooden washing machine on a dusty site with thatched huts behind.

Washing Machine

Gray Brothers, 1874

Sepia photograph of a crowd at a decorated ceremonial platform before a station building, with a papal portrait under drapery

Inauguration de la gare du Ceccano

Altobelli & Molins, 1862

Sepia photograph of Rome's Trevi Fountain with baroque palace facade, central sculpture and cascading water.

Rome, Trevi Fountain

Giorgio Sommer, about 1860-1868

Sepia photograph of an ancient carved stone wall with a whitewashed building and iron balcony behind it.

[Maison de France, Luxor]

Théodule Devéria, 1859