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Sepia photograph of a domed multi-storey palace with arched windows and a tiered tower beside it, under a pale sky.

Madura. [Trimul Naik's] Palace, View of North East Corner from One Side Sub Court Shewing the Exterior of One of the…

Capt. Linnaeus Tripe, 1858

Sepia photograph of the San Luis Rey mission church with bell tower, domed roof, and two men standing in a dirt plaza.

[Mission, San Luis Rey de Francia]

Carleton Watkins, 1880

Sepia photograph of ruined Karnak temple columns and an obelisk, with a fallen carved block and two robed figures in rubble.

Temple of El-Karnak, From the South East

Francis Frith, 1857

Sepia photograph of a bare hill with soldiers, tents and huts at the crest, and leafless trees on the right.

No. 42. Secret Service Corps-Scouts of the Army of the Potomac, Gen. Meade's Headquarters, April 1864

A. J. Russell, April 1864

Sepia photograph of a Gothic-style medieval court entrance with pointed arches, painted statues of saints, and a view into a

Crystal Palace, Entrance to Medieval Court

Philip H. Delamotte, about 1854

Hand-colored photo of a courtyard with wooden inn buildings, a pine tree, stone lantern and men in traditional dress.

Sudzuki Hotel, Nikko

Kusakabe Kimbei, 1870s-1890s

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 photograph of a wide tropical valley with dense palms and trees, hills, and distant mountains under a cloudy sky.

The Dumbara Valley

Henry W. Cave, about 1890

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

Sepia photograph of an ornate inlaid marble pavilion with arched openings, with a seated man in a turban at its doorway.

[Tomb of Itmad-Ud-Daulah, Agra]

Francis Frith & Co, 1850s-1890s

Sepia photograph of a steel truss railway viaduct under construction, with stone piers, a crane and workers below.

Acton Grange Railway Viaduct

G. Herbert & Horace C. Bayley, negative August 1892; print 1894

Sepia panoramic photograph of a hillside town with a cathedral, a castle, old houses, bare trees and a distant lake.

[Lausanne, Switzerland]

Adolphe Braun, 1865-1870

Sepia photograph of a workshop interior with belt-driven machine tools, flywheels, and overhead pulleys under a timber roof.

Messrs. Penn and Son's Works, Greenwich and Deptford: Deptford Pier Boiler Shop

Sepia photograph of an ornate Louvre facade with a sculpted pediment, caryatid figures and arched windows.

[The Second Floor of the Pavillon Richelieu, Louvre, Paris]

Édouard Baldus, 1852-1857

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 panoramic photograph of a river, wooded hill, palm trees and cultivated field, mounted on card.

Rio de Maria Farinha / Panorama Pumien Ponte

Marc Ferrez, 1875-1876

Sepia stereograph pair showing jagged masses of volcanic lava slag rising against a pale hazy horizon.

Masses of lava slag at Alta Vista

Charles Piazzi Smyth, 1858

Sepia photograph of the Temple of Neptune at Paestum, its long row of Doric columns and pediment seen across grass.

Poestum. Temple de Neptune

Giorgio Sommer, 1857

Sepia photograph of a calm river flanked by boulders and trees, with granite cliffs rising in the distance.

[View of the Merced - Cathedral Rocks in Distance]

Carleton Watkins, 1865-1866

Sepia photograph of a wooden mill by a river, a footbridge, wagons, and hillside buildings and trees at Jericho Mills, Virgin

Jericho Mills, North Anna, Virginia

Alexander Gardner, May 1864

Misty river scene with bare trees, a moored barge, and a horse and cart on the bank, printed in soft grey tones.

The Lea, Near Hoddesdon

Peter Henry Emerson, 1888

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 stone courtyard with garden beds, arched doorways and several standing figures.

Dehr-el-Kamar - Cour interieur de la Maison de M. Bird dans laquelle de sont republics les chretiens de la ville de D…

J. G, about 1855

Sepia photograph of a winding road through granite rocks and tall pines beneath Grants Peak and Palisade Rocks.

Grants Peak and Palisade Rocks, C.P.R.R.

Alfred A. Hart, 1862-1869

Sepia photograph of a stone courtyard with statues in arched niches, a fountain, and an ornate gateway beyond.

Palais de l'École des Beaux-Arts

Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard, 1851

Sepia photograph of a breached earthen rampart with wooden ladders and sharpened stakes in the foreground.

Angle at which French entered, August 21st 1860

Felice Beato, August 21, 1860

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

Two women in white classical gowns recline on a settee in a dim studio with a carved chair and patterned rug.

[Two Female Students in Classical Costume in Eakins's Studio]

Thomas Eakins, about 1883

Sepia photograph of ruined pointed arches and stone walls, with a domed building rising behind them in old Jerusalem.

Jérusalem. Cloître de Sainte-Marie La Grande

Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard, negative 1854; print 1856

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 photograph of the Truckee River flowing over rocks through a forest of tall pine trees.

Truckee River at Truckee Station

Alfred A. Hart, 1862-1869

Sepia print of a seated nude woman with flowers in her hair in a sea cave, with the ocean visible through an opening.

The Sea Cave, by W.E. Frost, A.R.A.

Caldesi & Montecchi, 1858

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

Sepia panorama of snow-capped mountains above a rocky plain with trees and pack animals in the foreground.

Panorama Safed Koh from Khyber to Shutar Gardan

John Burke, 1878

Panoramic photograph of Tangkoo Fort's walls and moat after capture, with a seated figure and flat embankments in the foregro

Tangkoo Fort after its Capture, Showing the French and English Entrance, August 10th, 1860

Henry Hering, negative August 10, 1860; print 1862

Black-and-white photograph of a wide rural landscape with bare trees, a winding river, meadows, and a distant village.

[Ball's Hill and Great Meadows]

Herbert W. Gleason, 1899

Sepia photograph of a three-masted ship beached on sand at low tide, with rigging against a pale sky.

[Boat on the sand, Le Crotoy, baie de Somme]

Louis-Alphonse Davanne, about 1851-1853

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

Sepia photograph of two girls with tousled hair, one resting her head on the other's shoulder against a dark background.

Water Babies again

Julia Margaret Cameron, 1864

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

Sepia photograph of a pond with lily pads and reeds beneath dense trees in a park.

[Pond in park, Surrey]

Henry White, 1855-1865

Sepia photograph of a bamboo footbridge on a sandy path, with thatched huts and tall coconut palms in the background.

[Enivrons de Manille, un pont en bambou, province de Leyte]

Walter B. Woodbury, negative 1857-1863; print 1864-1885

Sepia photograph of a wooden ferry with passengers on a calm river, with mountains and trees on the far bank.

Lalpura, from the Ferry

John Burke, 1878

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

Sepia photograph of a palace entrance with carved stone columns, lion statues, a balustrade, and a tiled pavilion roof at rig

Entrance to the Winter Palace, Pekin, October 1860

Felice Beato, October 1860

Magdalene (Brookfield)

Julia Margaret Cameron, May 1865

Photograph of a long stone colonnade with carved pillars receding into shadow, with strong light across the floor.

Madura. Trimul Naik's Choultry, Side Verandah from West

Capt. Linnaeus Tripe, 1858

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

Photograph of a manuscript page with two columns of Greek script on aged parchment, with dark stains and a torn edge.

[Folio 160, Verso]

Roger Fenton, 1856

Photographic print of an ornate ceiling with an oval central panel, cherubs, and scrollwork in the Salon Théâtre, Ministère d

Ministère d'État (Plafond du Salon Théâtre)

Édouard Baldus, about 1868

Album page with two faded early photographic prints: a seated figure group above and a draped table with tableware below.

Table Top with Tableware

William Henry Fox Talbot, possibly June 1840

Sepia photograph of ruined stone manor house with chimneys behind a dry stone wall and dirt road.

Remains of the Manor Lodge

Theophilus Smith, 1865

Two women in Japanese kimono, one standing and one kneeling on tatami before a painted screen with willow branches.

Costume, in Former Times, of a Daughter of the Higher Class

Kazumasa Ogawa, 1893-1895

Print of a woman in a crown beside a winged helmet, with a skull resting on a shield in the foreground.

Les Armoiries à tête de mort

Bisson Frères, 1861

Sepia photograph of the Nucleus House hotel on a San Francisco street, framed by 1880 trade advertisements on a printed page.

View of Nucleus House, South East Corner Third and Market Streets, D. Stern and Son, Proprietors - Also of the Brunsw…

I. W. Taber, 1880

Two horizontal bands of carved stone ornament with laurel wreaths, a crown, crossed swords and lightning bolts.

Tuileries (Façade sur la Cour)

Édouard Baldus, about 1868

Etching of a wooded landscape with tall trees and two small figures on a path, opening to a light sky.

Le Jardin d'Horace

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, plate 1855; print 1921

Print of a large mottled buttonwood tree beside a wooden trough, with fields, fence and hill in the background.

The Rice Buttonwood, Charlemont

Henry Brooks, 1890

White cyanotype silhouette of a fern frond with fine leaflets on a blue background, with a handwritten plant label below.

Athyrium filix femina

Anna Atkins, 1853

Monochrome print of a Highland man with a sword facing a bearded cloaked seer with a staff on rocky ground under trees.

Lochiel's Warning

T & R Annan, 1878

Sepia engraving of a wedding scene with a veiled bride, a groom in a fur-trimmed robe, and bearded men in an interior.

The Marriage

Pierre-Antoine Labouchère, 1869

Black-and-white advertisement for Thos. S. Dixon & Sons showing numbered grate designs around a central fireplace illustratio

[Advertisement for Thos. S. Dixon & Sons Low Down & Elevated Grates]

William Boell, negative about 1867; print later

Hand-colored print of yellow, white and pink chrysanthemums with spidery petals on green stems against a gray background.

Nami-chi-dori

Kazumasa Ogawa, 1896

Cyanotype print of a white fern frond with many leaflets on a deep blue background, labeled Lastraea oreopteris.

Lastrea oreopteris

Anna Atkins, 1853

Print of soldiers nailing Christ to a cross on the ground, with onlookers and an ornate arched border.

Christus wird ans kreuz Genagelt

Charles Von Bouell, 1861

Sepia print of Raphael's Miracle of Bolsena fresco showing robed clergy at an altar with kneeling worshippers beneath an arch

Raphaël, le Miracle de Bolsène (fresque du Vatican)

James Anderson, 1859

Engraved print of two standing women in robes beneath radiant light and clouds, mounted on a cream sheet.

Sainte Anne et la sainte Vierge

Bisson Frères, 1861

Sepia print of a woman at a spinning wheel conversing with a seated man in period dress by a fireplace.

The Ambassador

Mathew B. Brady, 1859

Sepia photograph of miners with helmets working in a rocky underground mine tunnel beside a large timber support.

Heave, Looking West, Blue Hills Mine

John Charles Burrow, 1893

Two Chinese porcelain plates: the upper with roosters, the lower with quails and chrysanthemums, photographed on a dark groun

[Two plates]

William Chaffers, 1871

Cancroïd de l'oreille droite

Arthur de Montmeja, 1871

Sepia oval print of the Virgin praying beside the sleeping infant Christ on a draped cloth, after Guido Reni.

Christ and the Virgin, by Guido Reni

Caldesi & Montecchi, 1858

Cyanotype of a Lygodium volubile fern frond with white silhouetted leaflets on a deep blue background.

Lygodium volubile, Brazil

Anna Atkins, 1853

Sepia photo of M. Meussdorffer's hat store, a corner building with arched windows and hat signage, on a decorative trade page

View of M. Meussdorffer's Celebrated Hat Store

I. W. Taber, 1880

Sepia print of a family group of adults and children gathered in a domestic interior with framed pictures on the wall.

Family of Velasquez

Nicolaas Henneman, 1847

Sepia medical photograph of a man's swollen scrotum and thighs, printed on a book page captioned Éléphantiasis des arabes.

Éléphantiasis des arabes

Arthur de Montmeja, negative about 1867; print 1882

Sepia photograph of a waterfall cascading over rocks, framed by tall pine trees and a forested hillside.

Kahchoomah, or Wild Cat Fall

Eadweard Muybridge, 1867

Hand-colored print with a sepia portrait of a man, a white elephant emblem with golden stupas, and a green laurel wreath.

Mongkut

Justin Lallier, 1866

Etching of a wooded landscape with tall trees, a small shepherd standing on a rock, and grazing sheep beneath an open sky.

Le Petit Berger, 1me Planche

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, plate 1855; print 1921

Monochrome print of the Arsenal in Venice with clock towers, a canal, a footbridge, moored ships and figures on the quay.

L'Arsenal à Venise

Dusacq et Cie, 1864-1869

Engraving of Tintern Abbey's ivy-covered Gothic ruins with a rose window, cottages, cattle, and figures in the foreground.

Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire

Rock & Co, 19th century

Hand-colored print with a sepia portrait of a bearded officer in uniform, surrounded by a laurel wreath and a coat of arms wi

Frederick Wilhelm Ludwig, Grand Duke of Baden

Justin Lallier, 1866

Print of Stockholm harbour with masted sailing ships, barrels on a quay, and a domed church building among trees.

Eglise de la Marine à Stockholm

Johann Hürlimann, 1842

Engraved print of a valley with a lake, distant mountains, trees, rocks and small figures on a path.

Derwent & Bassenthwaite Lakes, - Keswick & Skiddaw in the Distance, Cumberland

George Pickering, 1843-1845

Sepia print of a crowded Gothic hall where a monk stands before seated nobles and a presiding figure on a raised throne.

The Diet of Worms

Pierre-Antoine Labouchère, 1869

Engraved view of the three Gothic portals of Notre-Dame de Paris with a carriage and bollards on the cobbled square.

Portail de Notre-Dame de Paris

Johann Hürlimann, 1842-1845

Engraved print of Tintern Abbey ruins beside a river, with wooded hills, a sailboat with two people, and a tree at right.

Tintern Abbey

Rock & Co, 19th century

Pen-and-ink drawing of three children in an interior, two seated girls with a slate and a toddler holding a cup.

Childhood

George Cochran Lambdin, print 1859

Etching of a small shepherd playing a pipe beside a tree, with dense woodland on the left and an open clearing beyond.

Le Petit Berger, 2em Planche

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, plate 1855; print 1921