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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Port and City of Sète-Mediterranean (Port et Ville de Sète-Mediterranée) | Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884 | 1857 |
| Europe | false |
| Ships in the Harbor at Sète | Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884 | 1857 |
| Europe | false |
| Mediterranean with Mount Agde | Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884 | 1857 |
| Europe | false |
| The Jetty at Sète | Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884 | 1857 |
| Europe | false |
| The Great Wave, Sète | Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884 | 1857 |
| Europe | false |
| The Statues of Memnon | Francis Frith English, 1822–1898 | 1857, printed 1862 |
| Europe | false |
| The Pyramids of El Geezeh, from the Southwest | Francis Frith English, 1822–1898 | 1857 |
| Europe | false |
| Hall of Columns | Francis Frith English, 1822–1898 | 1857 |
| Europe | false |
| View on the Island of Philae | Francis Frith English, 1822–1898 | 1857, printed 1862 |
| Europe | false |
| The Sphynx and Great Pyramid | Francis Frith English, 1822–1898 | 1857, printed 1862 |
| Europe | false |
| The Pyramids of Dahshoor | Francis Frith English, 1822–1898 | 1857 |
| Europe | false |
| Interior of the Hall of Columns | Francis Frith English, 1822–1898 | 1857, printed 1862 |
| Europe | false |
| Assouan | Francis Frith English, 1822–1898 | 1857, printed 1862 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled (Mayland Morse, Civil Engineer, 18 years) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1857 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Seated Woman) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1857 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Girl) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1857 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled | Artist unknown English | 1857 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled | Artist unknown English | 1857 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled | Artist unknown English | 1857 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled (Sairey Gamp & Betsy Prig) | Artist unknown English | 1857 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled | Artist unknown English | 1857 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled (Sir Mylord au Boris de Boulogne) | Artist unknown English | 1857 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled (He gave some Prophets) | Artist unknown English | 1857 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled | Artist unknown English | October 8, 1857 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled | Graham Vivian English, 1827-1912 | December, 1857 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled (Moor Park) | Artist unknown English | 1857 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled | Artist unknown English | 1857 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Man with a Top Hat, Holding a Child, atop a Horse-Drawn Carriage) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1857 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Man with a Top Hat and Rifle Seated atop a Horse) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1857 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Standing Girl) | Samuel Broadbent American, 1810-1880 | 1857 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Seven Men) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1857 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Man with Painting) | Jeremiah Gurney American, 1812-1895 | 1856 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Girl) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1856 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Man Looking Through a Stereoscope) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1856 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Man) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1856 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Woman) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1856 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Man, Woman and Girl) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1856 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Miners and Log Cabin) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1856 |
| Americas | false |
| Madame Carrelle | Pierre-Louis Pierson, French, 1822-1913 Louis Frédéric Mayer, French | 1856/57 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled [Roman sculptures, Cherchell Museum] | John Beasley Greene American, born France, 1832–1856 | 1856 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled | G. W. Collins American, active 1850–1879 | 1856/79 |
| Americas | false |
| Cossack Bay, Balaklava | Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled (Eight Atalanta Crewmen) | Artist unknown American, 19th century | July 30, 1856 |
| Americas | false |
| Copy of Carleton Watkins' "Galen Clark Before the Grizzly Giant," | Artist unknown after Carleton Watkins (American, 1829–1916) | c. 1863 |
| Americas | false |
| Savoie 47, Le Buet et les Rochers de Fis | Auguste-Rosalie Bisson French, 1826–1900 | 1856/63 |
| Europe | false |
| The Beach at Sainte-Adresse | Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884 | 1856/57 |
| Europe | false |
| The Beach at Sainte-Adresse, with the Dumont Baths | Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884 | 1856/57 |
| Europe | false |
| Savoie 49, Cabane des Grands-Mulets | Auguste-Rosalie Bisson French, 1826–1900 | c. 1861 |
| Europe | false |
| Savoie 48. Aiguille et glacier d’Argentières (Savoy 48. The Needle and the Argentières Glacier) | Auguste-Rosalie Bisson French, 1826–1900 | c. 1861 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled (The President of the Board of Health) | Artist unknown English | 1856 |
| Europe | false |