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Sepia photograph of an ornate stone building with arched windows, a clock, and horse-drawn carriages on the street.

[The Palais de la Bourse, Lyon]

Jacques Alexandre Ferrier, 1865

Sepia photograph of a hillside town with tiled roofs, a bare tree, and timber in the foreground.

The Railway Street at Balaklava

Roger Fenton, 1855

Sepia photograph of a waterfall pouring down a granite cliff, with mist and pine trees along the rim.

Nevada Fall. 700 feet. From Cloud's Rest Trail

George Fiske, negative 1879-1883; print 1884-1890

Sepia photograph of a tall stone cross on a carved pillar beside an iron fence, bare trees and a hill behind.

[Cross on a Pillar]

Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard, 1853

Sepia photograph of a large stone bull statue framed by carved pillars inside the Hullabede Siva temple.

Hullabede - Temple of Siva, The Great Bull [from the West]

Capt. Linnaeus Tripe, about 1855

Sepia view of Palazzo Balbi and gondolas on the Grand Canal in Venice, with buildings receding toward a distant bridge.

Pallazzo Balbi. (on the Grand Canal Venice) by Turner

Caroline Bertolacci, about 1863

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

Museo Civico Dettaglio Terre Cotte

dell'Emilia Fotografia, mid-late 19th century

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

Three street musicians in kimono hold shamisen lutes on a dirt ground, hand-colored photograph from 1868.

Street Musicians

Felice Beato, 1868

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 oval portrait of a seated woman in a silk dress with a dark ribbon tie, hands resting in her lap.

[Pauline de Metternich nee Pauline Sander]

Alphonse J. Liebert, about 1860

Sepia portrait of a man with braided hair, bone hair ornament, leather vest and large disc pendant, mounted on cream card.

[Kotchateka Comanche War Chief Mow-way]

William Stinson Soule, 1869-1874

Sepia medical photograph of a bald, bearded shirtless man showing an ulcerated lesion on his left breast.

Cancer du sein chez l'homme

Arthur de Montmeja, 1871

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 studio portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, with a handwritten signature below.

[Charles Reeder]

Bendann Brothers, 1871

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

View on the Lagoon

Sepia studio portrait of a smiling elderly bald man in a dark coat and bow tie, hands clasped, seated.

Silvestre de Sacy

Nadar [Gaspard Félix Tournachon], negative 1860-1861; print 1870-1879

Sepia portrait of a bearded man in a dark jacket and bow tie, one hand in pocket, against a plain backdrop.

de Lasteyrie, Député

Nadar [Gaspard Félix Tournachon], 1855-1859

Sepia photograph of Lahore rooftops with domed pavilions and a tall tiled minaret of Wazir Khan's Mosque.

Lahore; From Wuzeer Khan's Mosque

Samuel Bourne, about 1863-1864

Aslak Larsen Somby

G. Roche, negative about 1884; print about 1886

Sepia studio portrait of a bearded man in a dark military uniform holding a sword, seated beside a stone column.

Doctor Murray. ("Aberdeen Granite")

Felice Beato, 1858-1859

Hand-colored print of a wooded glen with a waterfall, rustic footbridge, and tall trees beside a rocky cliff.

In The Glen at Idlewild

Benson John Lossing, about 1860-1866

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

Martin K. Schermerhorn

George Kendall Warren, 1865

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 portrait of a seated older man with spectacles in a leather armchair beside a table with glass jars.

[John E. Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S.]

Maull & Polyblank, 1855

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 calotype portrait of a seated woman in a shawl holding a book beside a writing desk, mounted on a cream page.

[Miss Stirling Grahame, Duntrune]

Hill & Adamson, 1843-1848

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

Photograph of a marble statue of a bacchante with a leafy wreath, draped robes and one hand raised to her head, on a pedestal

Bacchante. Vatican

James Anderson, 1859

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

Photograph of a plaster cast of a classical Minerva statue in a crested helmet and draped robe, on a pedestal.

The Minerva Borghese

Edward Falkener, 1860

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

Female Nude

Félix Jacques Moulin, 1856

Sepia portrait of a bearded man in a dark overcoat holding a top hat, gazing to the left against a plain backdrop.

[Henri] de Pène

Nadar [Gaspard Félix Tournachon], negative 1855-1859; print 1861-1869

Sepia studio portrait of a man in dark coat and cravat, with handwritten name J. L. M. Curry, Ala. below.

Jabez L. M. Curry

James Earle McClees, about 1859

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 reproduction of a painting of a young woman in a white turban and shawl glancing over her shoulder.

Guido Reni, Béatrice Cenci. (galerie Barberini) d'après le dessin de Rocchi

James Anderson, 1859

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 tall date palms in a grove with a distant minaret and low buildings beneath a pale sky.

Antinoë

Félix Bonfils, about 1878

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

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

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