Early Photography Archive
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.
| Photograph | Artist | Date | Technique | Origin | On view |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colts on a Norfolk Marsh | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| Smelting on the River Blythe (Suffolk) | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| In the Barley-Harvest (Suffolk) | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| Shocking Corn (Norfolk) | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | c. 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| The Farm by the Broad (Norfolk) | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | c. 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| The Fringe of the Mere | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | c. 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| At the Covert Corner (Norfolk) | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | c. 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| A March Pastoral (Suffolk) | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | c. 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| Furze-Cutting on a Suffolk Common | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | c. 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| Osier-Peeling (Norfolk) | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | c. 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| The Basket-Maker (Norfolk) | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | c. 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| Blackshore, River Blythe (Suffolk) | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | c. 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| Eel-Picking in Suffolk Waters | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | c. 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| Where Winds the Dike (Norfolk) | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | c. 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| A Way Across the Marshes | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | c. 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| Brickfield on the River Bure (Norfolk) | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | c. 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| The Clay Mill (Norfolk) | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | c. 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| Brickmaking (Norfolk) | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | c. 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| A Slippery Path - Winter Scene (Norfolk) | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | c. 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| Fencing in Suffolk | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | c. 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| A Suffolk Shrimper "Going Off" | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | c. 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| A Suffolk Shrimper "Coming Ashore" | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | c. 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| A Toad in the Path: Early Spring in Norfolk | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | c. 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| Norfolk Cottages | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | c. 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| A Garden End (Suffolk) | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | c. 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| At the Grindstone-A Suffolk Farmyard | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | c. 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| Haymaker with Rake (Norfolk) | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | c. 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| A Norfolk Flower | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| Chase-in-the-Morning | F. A. Rinehart American, 1861–1928 | c. 1888 |
| Americas | false |
| Pictures of East Anglian Life | Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936 | 1883/87, printed 1888 |
| Europe | false |
| I think on the Laddie that lo'es me so well | Henry Peach Robinson English, 1830–1901 | 1882 |
| Europe | false |
| A Merry Tale | Henry Peach Robinson English, 1830–1901 | 1882, printed January 1890 |
| Europe | false |
| Our Country Cousin | B. W. Kilburn American, 1827–1909 | 1882 |
| Americas | false |
| Natural Bridge, Santa Cruz Colony | Carleton E. Watkins American, 1829-1916 | 1882/86 |
| Americas | false |
| Rook Shooting | Henry Peach Robinson English, 1830–1901 | May 21, 1881 |
| Europe | false |
| A Talk with the Keeper | Henry Peach Robinson English, 1830–1901 | May 25, 1881 |
| Europe | false |
| Woods Cabinet | J. L. Lovell American, 1861–1904 | n.d. |
| Americas | false |
| A Convicts' Home | John Thomson (Scottish, 1837–1921) and Adolphe Smith (English, 1846–1925) | 1881 |
| Europe | false |
| Workers on the "Silent Highway" | John Thomson (Scottish, 1837–1921) and Adolphe Smith (English, 1846–1925) | 1881 |
| Europe | false |
| The Water-Cart | John Thomson (Scottish, 1837–1921) and Adolphe Smith (English, 1846–1925) | 1881 |
| Europe | false |
| "Hookey Alf," of White Chapel | John Thomson (Scottish, 1837–1921) and Adolphe Smith (English, 1846–1925) | 1881 |
| Europe | false |
| The "Wall Worker" | John Thomson (Scottish, 1837–1921) and Adolphe Smith (English, 1846–1925) | 1881 |
| Europe | false |
| Halfpenny Ices | John Thomson (Scottish, 1837–1921) and Adolphe Smith (English, 1846–1925) | 1881 |
| Europe | false |
| Cheap Fish of St. Giles's | John Thomson (Scottish, 1837–1921) and Adolphe Smith (English, 1846–1925) | 1881 |
| Europe | false |
| Cast-Iron Billy | John Thomson (Scottish, 1837–1921) and Adolphe Smith (English, 1846–1925) | 1881 |
| Europe | false |
| The "Crawlers" | John Thomson (Scottish, 1837–1921) and Adolphe Smith (English, 1846–1925) | 1881 |
| Europe | false |
| Halian Street Musicians | John Thomson (Scottish, 1837–1921) and Adolphe Smith (English, 1846–1925) | 1881 |
| Europe | false |
| The Street Locksmith | John Thomson (Scottish, 1837–1921) and Adolphe Smith (English, 1846–1925) | 1881 |
| Europe | false |
| Old Furniture | John Thomson (Scottish, 1837–1921) and Adolphe Smith (English, 1846–1925) | 1881 |
| Europe | false |
| Street Incidents | John Thomson (Scottish, 1837–1921) and Adolphe Smith (English, 1846–1925) | 1881 |
| Europe | false |